McDonald v. May
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Noil Walter B. Douglas, Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. A corporation, known as the Empire Building Company, let certain premises in the city of St. Louis to another corporation, ■ the Sanford Building Company, for ninety-nine years, on the first day of January, 1895. • The Sanford Building Company sublet the premises to appellant May for eighteen months from the first day of June, 1899, and it is admitted May occupied them and paid…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Noil Walter B. Douglas, Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. A corporation, known as the Empire Building Company, let certain premises in the city of St. Louis to another corporation, ■ the Sanford Building Company, for ninety-nine years, on the first day of January, 1895. • The Sanford Building Company sublet the premises to appellant May for eighteen months from the first day of June, 1899, and it is admitted May occupied them and paid rent until December, 1899, the rent after September of that year being paid to respondent McDonald or his agent. About…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
It is to be noted that the petition declared on . the lease made by the Sanford Building Company to the appellant, • charging that by mesne conveyances respondent succeeded to all the rights of that company under said lease, is entitled to all the rent accrued and accruing therefrom from the first day of December, 1899, and that defendant attorned to him and paid rent to him as trustee under said lease. The suit is therefore directly on the lease and not for use and occupation, or for any implied letting from month to month by the respondent to the appellant after respondent acquired the…
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