Orchard v. Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Store Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Eon. Jas. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) The lease executed hv Mollie Knight to the Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Store Company on June 1, 1901, was void and of no effect for the reason that there was an outstanding lease that was in full force and effect at the time, and the defendant Store Company secured no right by reason of such lease. Knight v. Orchard, 92 Mo.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Eon. Jas. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) The lease executed hv Mollie Knight to the Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Store Company on June 1, 1901, was void and of no effect for the reason that there was an outstanding lease that was in full force and effect at the time, and the defendant Store Company secured no right by reason of such lease. Knight v. Orchard, 92 Mo. App. 466; Steel v. Culver, 158 Mo. 138. (2) Defendant company could not dispute its landlord’s title. The rule is that a lessee cannot dispute his landlord’s title neither can he attorn to a stranger.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action in ejectment for the possession of certain real estate in the city of Poplar Bluff, Butler county, Missouri, in which plaintiff claims to own a leasehold estate by virtue of a written lease dated March 9, 1898, executed by defendant Mollie Knight, nee Kraemer, to one Antonio Saracini, and afterwards transferred to the plaintiff by quitclaim deed executed) on the 12th day of April, 1901, by Mary Saracini, widow of said Saracini.
The answer of defendant, the Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Store Company, to plaintiff’s petition, is, first, a general denial ; second, a special defense…
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