Kosena v. Eck

Plaintiff appeals, and defendants cross-appeal, from a judgment entered in Lewis and Clark County District Court declaring the rights of the plaintiff as tenant and the defendants as landlords.

The trial court ruled in favor of tenant that a valid lease agreement existed, that the rental due under the lease was $650 per month, and that landlords must pay tenant $5,000 as their share of the costs of repairs made by tenant. The trial court ruled in favor of landlords that tenant did not have a valid mechanics? lien for repairs which he had completed on the premises, and that the landlords were…