Coleman v. Villa Capri Restaurant

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Elizabeth Tharp, appeals from the judgment in a court-tried case, in favor of the plaintiff, Billy Joe Coleman, on his claim for past-due rent in the amount of $4,854.15. We affirm.

On Jan. 3, 1979, Villa Capri Restaurant leased a building from the then owner. Thirteen days later a lease guaranty was signed by the defendant, Elizabeth Tharp, the sole officer and shareholder of Villa Capri Restaurant, a Missouri corporation. The lease was to run until December 31, 1981 with rent at $500 a month. The lease also contained an option clause for a new lease term,…