Soulard v. Peck

Plaintiff leased to defendant and his partner certain premises in the city of St. Louis, and by the terms of the lease it was mutually covenanted that the lessor should pay, within the time they might be made payable by the proper authorities, all taxes and assessments of every description, general or special, assessed, rated or imposed by city, county or State, against the premises during the term, and that the lessees should pay to the lessor, in addition to the rent reserved in the lease, all such taxes or assessments upon demand and presentment by the lessor of the receipt by the proper…