Freund Motor Co. v. Alma Realty & Investment Co.

This is an action in equity, commenced on March 3, 1937, for a declaratory judgment construing a lease and for the recovery of rents paid under the lease. The lease was executed on December 18, 1934, by defendant, Alma Realty Investment Company, to the Edwards Chevrolet Company, demising a certain automobile salesroom, garage, and machine shop, located in the City of St. Louis, and known as 3806 South Kingshighway Boulevard, for a term commencing on March 23, 1935, and ending on March 31, 1940, "at a rental based upon an amount equal to one per cent of the total gross sales made by the lessee…