Tull v. Housing Auth. of City of Columbia

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

The plaintiff-respondents (hereafter referred to as owners) comprised a partnership which leased a 26 acre tract of land and 150 mobile homes to the defendant-appellant Columbia Housing Authority (CHA) for a low-income housing project in Columbia, Missouri. The lease, which ran from 1969 to 1979, provided that CHA was responsible for any damage done to the trailers by the sub-tenants beyond normal wear and tear, which was defined as

“the natural wearing process of the physical parts or components of a mobile home unit and the premises when in use by the occupants, but not to…