Quality Wig Co., Inc. v. JC Nichols Co.

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This dispute arises out of a mercantile lease of a retail storeroom and claims generated when the landlord undertook building alterations affecting the tenant’s use of the leased premises. After a jury trial, the tenant recovered damages for breach of contract and misrepresentation. The landlord’s counterclaim for rent was decided in favor of the tenant, but the landlord was given judgment for restitution of the premises. Both parties have appealed.

The history of the case begins with a lease dated September 30, 1975, under which Quality Wig rented a storeroom from the J.C.…