Matthews v. Moore

CROW, Judge.

The lessees of an apple orchard abandoned it and were sued by the lessors for rent that allegedly became due thereafter. The trial court heard the ease without a jury and entered judgment for the lessees, unem-bellished with findings of fact or conclusions of law. The lessors appeal.

We preface our analysis of the claims of error with an account of the facts. In narrating them, we accept as true the evidence and inferences from it favorable to the trial court’s judgment and disregard contrary evidence. T.B.G. v. C.A.G., 772 S.W.2d 653, 654[2] (Mo. banc 1989).

There are three…