Picot v. Masterson
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR TO ST. LOUIS CIRCUIT COURT. The amended complaint showed a sufficient cause of action in this, to Wit: 1st. It showed that defendants held the premises over after tile termination of the time for which they were let and after demand made in writing for the deliverance of possession thereof by 'the agent of the person having the legal right to the possession. R. Code, page 513, sec, 3. 2d.
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ERROR TO ST. LOUIS CIRCUIT COURT. The amended complaint showed a sufficient cause of action in this, to Wit: 1st. It showed that defendants held the premises over after tile termination of the time for which they were let and after demand made in writing for the deliverance of possession thereof by 'the agent of the person having the legal right to the possession. R. Code, page 513, sec, 3. 2d. The title of 'the plaintiff was such that it could not be inquired into, it being an assignment of defendants landlord’s title with notice to defendants thereof. It is only titles that a tenant may…
1Opinion of the Court
McBride judge
delivered the opinion of the court.
Louis Picot brought an action of unlawful detainer before justice Hyde, of St. Louis county, against Masterson, and Masterson for a tenement in the city of St. Louis, and having obtained judgment, the defendants appealed to the circuit court, where, on motion, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint, setting forth that Ann Biddle, now deceased, leased the premises in question to one of the defendants, who went *304into possession under said lease ; that before the expiration of the lease the said Ann Biddle departed this life, having previously…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Singleton v. FinleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1834
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