Laclede Gas Light Co. v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. Appellants state their case as follows:

“The amended petition is for an injunction to restrain defendants jointly and severally from declaring a forfeiture of a lease and making entry which they threaten because plaintiff refuses to pay the United States income tax levied on the rents accruing to lessor thereunder.

“The amended petition alleges that on March 30, 1906, respondent, Mrs. Morrison, leased to respondent, Hanover Investment Company, for a ninety-nine-year term, premises at the northeast corner of Eleventh and Olive…