Ball v. Kemp

BARRETT, Commissioner.

This is an unlawful detainer action by William E. Ball, the assignee-purchaser of a “sale and lease agreement” in which the appellant Kemps (Orla Kemp was in fact the operator and principal in the business) were the lessee-purchasers of a bowling alley in Piedmont. The plaintiff sought to recover delinquent rent of $11,215.84 which doubled under the statute (RSMo 1959, § 534.330, V.A.M.S.; Bierkenkamp v. Bierkenkamp, 88 Mo.App. 445) would confer appellate jurisdiction on this court. Const. Mo.Art. 5, Sec. 3, V.A.M.S.; RSMo 1959, § 477.040, V.A.M.S. A jury returned a…