McCullough v. Beatty Oil Co.

Defendant Beatty Oil Company appeals from a judgment of the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. This action arises out of a lease entered into between plaintiffs as lessors and defendant as lessee of a certain “bulk plant” located in Jackson, Missouri. Although denominated an “Action to Cancel Lease and for Possession”, plaintiffs by their Amended Petition prayed for possession of the leased premises, damages in the sum of $5,000.00 for the wrongful holding over of the leased premises, and for $1,350.00 due on open account plus interest from December 1, 1964. The defendant-appellant1 filed…