Helton v. City of St. Joseph

SPERRY, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, are the owners of a house and fifteen lots in Florence Addition to St. Joseph, Missouri, which they leased to defendant for a term of two years with an option to purchase. This suit is for waste and damages alleged to have been committed to the house during the leasehold term, through the failure of defendant to properly preserve and protect it. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of $800, from which defendant appeals.

Plaintiffs offered substantial evidence tending to prove their ownership of the property; that they had…