Vaughn v. Locke
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Court of Common Pleas. This was an action under the landlord and tenant act to recover possession of certain lots in the city of St. Joseph.
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Appeal from Buchanan Court of Common Pleas. This was an action under the landlord and tenant act to recover possession of certain lots in the city of St. Joseph. The statement filed with the justice of the peace is substantially as follows: That on the 7th of August, 1856, one G. W. Goode, being then the owner of certain lots and buildings in the city of St. Joseph, rented the same to defendant for one year at the yearly rent of ninety dollars ; that on the 20th of April, 1857, Goode conveyed said premises to plaintiff, of which fact defendant had due notice ; that defendant accepted…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This proceeding was commenced under certain provisions introduced into the recent revision of the law concerning landlords and tenants. These provisions will be found at pages 1016, 1017 and 1018 of the revised code of 1855, including sections numbered from 32 to 40. The first six sections are transcribed from a local act, found in the appendix of the revised code of 1845, applicable only to St. Louis county, and the three last sections are copied from the act of 1849, which was amendatory of the first mentioned law.
*292The sections relative to purchasers of leased property are ambiguous in…
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