Holliday v. Noland
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) After the assignment of the lease by the conveyance of the decedent, Wm.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) After the assignment of the lease by the conveyance of the decedent, Wm. A. Meagher, to M. A. Wolff, the latter became the sole, principal obligor for compliance with the covenants of the lease including the payment of rent, and Meagher became his surety, and this condition existed as to all subsequent assignees: 1 Wood on Landlord and' Tenant (2 Ed.), p. 750, sec. 345; Nelson v. Brown, 14Ó Mo. 580. (2) The lease was not forfeited as to Wm. A. Meagher, and George P. Wolff was not the legal representative of the…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
In May, 1880, Gerard B. Allen leased certain premises in the city of St. Louis to Marcus A. Wolff and William A. Meagher, at that time constituting the firm of M. A. Wolff & Company. The lease was for thirty years, at a rental of seven hundred dollars per annum plus the payment of all taxes by the lessees. Meagher quitclaimed his interest in the lease to M. A. Wolff in 1884. In 1887, Edward B. Wolff and George P. Wolff took an interest in the business with M. A. Wolff, constituting the M. A. Wolff Real Estate Company. M. A. Wolff afterwards died and his said two sons ■continued the business…
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