Polk v. Mitchell

This suit, arising in a justice court, is for one month’s rent of an apartment in a duplex residence in Kansas City, Missouri. At the close of plaintiff’s case the court directed and the jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed.

The facts show that defendant was a tenant, under a written lease, of the premises for one year commencing October 1, 1924, and ending September 30, 1925. The lease was signed on September 2, 1924, by the defendant and the then owner of the premises, one Soeder. The rent reserved in the lease was $1680 per year, payable at the rate of $140 per…