Starks v. Kirchgraber

This is a suit in equity for an accounting of rents and profits. Plaintiffs, who are tenants in common with the defendant, of a certain parcel of land, filed their hill in the circuit court calling upon the defendant to account to them for rents and profits accrued by the act of defendant in renting the common estate to a stranger. Upon a hearing, the court found the issues for the defendant and the plaintiffs appeal. The several plaintiffs and defendant were tenants in common of a small parcel, of land consisting of about four acres adjacent to the city of Springfield, Missouri. The…