Leggett v. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. George E. Williams, Judge. (1) This case is governed by the law of New York, inasmuch as the property here involved is situated in that state, and the contract was both made and to be performed therein. Richardson v. De Giverville, 107 Mo. 422; Stix v. Matthews, 68 Mo. 371; Parks v. Ins. Co., 26 Mo. App. 511; Roach v. Type Foundry, 21 Mo. App. 1. (2) The common law is presumed to prevail in the state of New York.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. George E. Williams, Judge. (1) This case is governed by the law of New York, inasmuch as the property here involved is situated in that state, and the contract was both made and to be performed therein. Richardson v. De Giverville, 107 Mo. 422; Stix v. Matthews, 68 Mo. 371; Parks v. Ins. Co., 26 Mo. App. 511; Roach v. Type Foundry, 21 Mo. App. 1. (2) The common law is presumed to prevail in the state of New York. Edwards Brokerage Co. v. Stevenson, 160 Mo. 516; Sears v. Lum, 81' Mo. App. 607. (3) By the common lavva landlord may, at his option,…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
— This is a suit for an installment of rent. The finding and judgment were for defendant and plaintiff prosecutes the appeal.
It appears that defendant leased from plaintiff certain premises numbered 21-23 West Thirty-fourth Street in New York City for occupancy as its eastern office on January 1, 1903. The lease was in writing for a nine-months’ term at the stipulated rental of $3000 per year, *113payable in quarterly installments of $750 each, in advance. Under tbe terms of tbe lease, tbe tenancy expired September 30,1903. The premises were occupied by defendant through one McGibbons, its New…
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- Grant v. WhiteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1868
- Leggett v. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Stevens v. MilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- James v. Insurance Co. of the StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909
- Leggett v. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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