Rogan v. Dockery
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, George W. Lubke, Judge. The landlord ’ s promise to repair the premises after the tenant has entered is without consideration and void. Taylor, L. & T., sect. 329; Sibley v. Telford, 48 Me. 316. The tenant is bound to keep the demised premises in repair. Taylor, L. & T., sect. 327; Val v. Weld, 17 Mo. 232; Griffith v. Lewis, 17 Mo. App. 614. Dockery was bound, as a landlord, to make repairs, the tenancy being from month to month.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, George W. Lubke, Judge. The landlord ’ s promise to repair the premises after the tenant has entered is without consideration and void. Taylor, L. & T., sect. 329; Sibley v. Telford, 48 Me. 316. The tenant is bound to keep the demised premises in repair. Taylor, L. & T., sect. 327; Val v. Weld, 17 Mo. 232; Griffith v. Lewis, 17 Mo. App. 614. Dockery was bound, as a landlord, to make repairs, the tenancy being from month to month. Griffith v. Lewis, 17 Mo. App. 613 ; Gandy v. Jubber, 5 Best & Smith, 78. Dockery was also liable as a landlord, because he…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, J,,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action by a tenant against her landlord for damages for a personal injury received by her through the non-repair' of the demised premises. There was a jury trial and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The bill of exceptions, after setting out the-substance of the evidence, recites that “there was other oral evidence tending to support the instructions given to the jury.” As it is not claimed in the points submitted to us by the appellant that the court erred in refusing instructions, we can, in this state of the record, look…
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