Lass v. Eisleben
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. A tenant, when sued for rent or unlawful detainer, may show that the title of his landlord has been extinguished or transferred, and that he has became the owner thereof. (Tayl.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. A tenant, when sued for rent or unlawful detainer, may show that the title of his landlord has been extinguished or transferred, and that he has became the owner thereof. (Tayl. Land. & Ten., §§ 519, 629 ; Smith’s Land. & Ten. 296, note; 88 Mo. 105, 292 ; 6 Wend. 670 ; 10 Humph. 49 ; 5 Pick. 124.) cited Harris v. Turner, 46 Mo. 439 ; McCartney’s Adm’r v. Alders on, 45 Mo. 38 ; King V. St. Louis Gaslight Co., 34 Mo. 251; Beeler v. Cardwell, 33 Mo. 85; Gibson v. Tony, 29 Mo. 133; Spalding v. Mayhill, 27 Mo. 377; Krevitt v. Meyer, 24 Mo. 107; Warren v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
This was an action of unlawful detainer commenced before a justice of the peace, and taken by the defendant to the Circuit Court by certiorari.
Frederick Lass died about the first of February, 1869, in possession of the premises, leaving as his heirs at law the plaintiffs, Robert, Mary and Richard Lass. Soon after his death the plaintiff Gambs, being public administrator of St. Louis county, took charge of the estate of Frederick Lass, and took possession of the premises and leased them out for a month; and the defendant, without the consent of…
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