Vawter v. McKissick

MASON, Justice.

This is an action in equity by Genevieve Vawter as landlord to foreclose statutory and contract liens under a written lease and to obtain judgment for five months’ rent, the balance of the term, and for certain items of expense incurred by landlord after abandonment of the premises by the tenants Joseph L. and Ivanelle McKissick. Trial court dismissed plaintiff’s petition and she appeals.

The issue presented on this appeal is whether plaintiff-landlord exercised reasonable diligence to relet the premises in attempt to minimize damages caused by defendants-tenants’ abandonment of…