Bless v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Jambs G-xbson, Judge. Action for the sum of $2,700 and interest for rent due plaintiffs for certain premises rented to defendants.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Jambs G-xbson, Judge. Action for the sum of $2,700 and interest for rent due plaintiffs for certain premises rented to defendants. On February 13, 1888, plaintiffs made a lease of their entire three and four story building, 615 Main street, Kansas City, Missouri, to a firm known as J. W. Jenkins & Son, composed of J. W. Jenkins, Senior, the father of these defendants, and John W. Jenkins, Junior, one of these defendants, for a term of three years from April 1, 1888, ending April 1,1891, for a rental of $400 per month, payable monthly in advance. .The…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Various questions of interest arise
on this record, and will now be considered. These questions relate to the statute of frauds, ratification, estoppel, tenancy, and surrender. Of these in their order.
1. a. Relative to the statute of frauds, it may be said that the petition in substance and effect sets forth a contract of renting by plaintiffs to defendants of the premises for the term of fifteen months, at a rental of $300 per month payable monthly in advance, beginning April 1, 1891, and ending July 1, 1892, and the entry and occupation of the premises by defendants under that contract from…
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