Hargis v. Sample

COIL, Commissioner.

James B. Hargis, plaintiff below, was lessee, and defendant, Mrs. E. A. Sample, owner-lessor of the 40-room St. Francois Hotel and Coffee Shop in Farmington, Missouri. Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages consisting of loss of profits allegedly accrued by reason of the alleged breach by lessor of a covenant in the written lease of December 1, 1945, to make outside repairs. Defendant’s counterclaim sought damages by reason of money and labor expended to repair alleged damage to the hotel allegedly inflicted by lessee. The jury awarded plaintiff $8,500 on his…