Cohn v. Missouri Terminal Oil Co.

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment against it in an unlawful detainer suit tried to a jury. Judgment, pursuant to the jury verdict, was for restitution of the premises, $3750 damages for the unlawful detainer, and rent from the date of judgment at $750 per month. Both monetary sums are the result, of the trial court doubling the amount found by the jury. Sec. 534.330 R.S.Mo.1969.

Defendant raises three points on appeal. The first is that the court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s motion for directed verdict at the close of the evidence because no evidence was received to…