Lee Holding Co. v. Wentzville Oil Co.

HOWARD, Judge.

This is a suit for rent due under a filling station lease. Respondent secured a default judgment for $4,400.00 in the Circuit Court of Cole County. Appellant contends that the trial court did not have jurisdiction of its person because of improper venue. Both parties are corporations and appellant was the sole defendant below. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared below.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges that both parties are Missouri corporations; that plaintiff leased a filling station in Warren County, Missouri, to the defendant at a rent of $400.00 per month and that…