Leach v. Goode
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from, St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action to recover the value of certain improvements erected by Leach upon ground which he had held under a lease from Goode. By the terms of the lease, it was stipulated, that if, at its expiration, the parties could not agree as to the disposition of the improvements, there should be a valuation of the same, and Goode should pay Leach the amount of the valuation, provided it did not exceed two-thirds of the original cost.
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•Appeal from, St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action to recover the value of certain improvements erected by Leach upon ground which he had held under a lease from Goode. By the terms of the lease, it was stipulated, that if, at its expiration, the parties could not agree as to the disposition of the improvements, there should be a valuation of the same, and Goode should pay Leach the amount of the valuation, provided it did not exceed two-thirds of the original cost. The parties could not agree, and there was an appraisement in the manner pointed out by the lease. This suit was brought…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
The only question is, whether Goode, as the landlord, was entitled to claim from Leach, the tenant, the amount of taxes assessed upon the improvements, which the answer alleges were erected by Leach, and were his property. The value of the improvements was claimed by Leach, and was the subject for which he brought this suit. The lease which contained the contract by Goode to pay for the improvements, appears by the answer to be a second lease for the same premises, as the answer alleges that, at and after its execution, Leach was the owner of the improvements upon the lot, which he had…
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