Clark v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. George P. Strong, for Respondents, cited : Brown vs. United States, 8 Or. 110 ; 1 Kent, pp. 59, 62, 64; Vattel, pp. 322,328 ;3 Grot. De Jure, &c. Chap. 8, §4, et seq. 610 ; Hall. Intern’l Law, pp. 365, 447,457 ; 6 Grot. Chap. 6, p. 580 ; Hall. Int. Law, 788, § 11 ; Cross vs. Harrison, 16 How. [U. S.] 164 ; 12 U. S. Stat. at Large [1863], 757, § 7 ; Const.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. George P. Strong, for Respondents, cited : Brown vs. United States, 8 Or. 110 ; 1 Kent, pp. 59, 62, 64; Vattel, pp. 322,328 ;3 Grot. De Jure, &c. Chap. 8, §4, et seq. 610 ; Hall. Intern’l Law, pp. 365, 447,457 ; 6 Grot. Chap. 6, p. 580 ; Hall. Int. Law, 788, § 11 ; Cross vs. Harrison, 16 How. [U. S.] 164 ; 12 U. S. Stat. at Large [1863], 757, § 7 ; Const. Mo. art. 11, § 4; Drehman vs. Stifel, 41 Mo. 184, 202; Same case, 8 Wall. [U. S.] Supl. 595; Clark vs. Tichnor, 49 Mo. 144; State vs. Gutzweiler, 49 Mo. 17; Clark vs. Dick, 1 Dill. 8.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
On the first day of February, 1859, plaintiff leased to the defendants for tbe term of seven years, two stores in block 96 on 4th street in tbe city of St. Louis, at a yearly rental of $7,000 payable in monthly instalments of $583.33. The rents for August, September, and October, 1862, were not paid in accord*566anee with the covenants in the lease contained, and this suit was brought in January, 1868, to recover those sums with interest.
The defendants answered, setting up four defenses to the action, and the plaintiff demurred; but inasmuch as the demurrant was successful respecting all the…
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