Moe v. Sprankle

These two suits were instituted in the Chancery Court of Knox County by Albert Moe against B. H. Sprankle. By the bill in the first suit it was alleged that the defendant Sprankle, on June 28, 1945, leased to the complainant a business building located at 422 Union Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee, for complainant’s use in the operation of a book store, the lease superseding an earlier lease which had not then expired and providing for additional space and an increase in rent. It was alleged that, due to defective plumbing in overhead apartments, leased by the defendant to numerous tenants, water…