Legal Opinion

Walter Commission Co. v. Gilleland

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 2, 1903PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho». J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The tender of the rent due, together with the costs in the court below, entitled appellants to judgment in their favor.

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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho». J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The tender of the rent due, together with the costs in the court below, entitled appellants to judgment in their favor. Johnson v. Douglas, 73 Mo. 168. (2) On April 17, 1900, respondent in this cause recovered judgment for rent for the sum of $68.30 in his landlord and tenant suit; on April 19, 1900, respondent filed an unlawful detainer suit, stating under oath that appellants were unlawfully withholding possession of “stall No. 25,” city market, claiming again the rent sued for in the landlord and tenant suit, and nine…

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.

This is an action which was brought before a justice of the peace under the landlord and tenant statute to recover possession of the space or stall number twenty-five on the outside of the Kansas City market house, and also the rent due thereon.

• The evidence presented by the record before us tends to show us that Kansas City leased the said space to L. S. Walters for the term of one year beginning on the first day of April, 1893. That at the commencement of said term there was no- building on said space and that during his tenancy the said city permitted him to construct and erect a building…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thompson v. HoldenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  2. Jacobs v. LewisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
  3. Leahy v. LubmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. South St. Joseph Town Co. v. MosmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  2. Doebbeling v. QuimbyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1927
  3. Michelin Tire Co. v. WebbMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  4. South St. Joseph Town Co. v. ScottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905

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