Van Berg v. Koch

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff instituted this action in the Magistrate Court of St. Louis County to recover for rent alleged to be due under a written lease. Defendants admitted execution but denied the indebtedness and pleaded in bar fraud in the procurement of the lease. Before the case was tried plaintiff amended her petition so as to extend the period during which defendants had allegedly failed to pay rent and to pray for a judgment for $1150 in lieu of $800. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for $1150, from which defendants appealed to the…