Brown v. Stroeter

DEW, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this suit in equity to cancel a house lease and to recover the first installment of $45 paid in advance under its terms. By default the court decreed cancellation of the lease and awarded plaintiff $45, as prayed. Motion for new trial was filed by defendant, which was overruled. Defendant has appealed.

The petition in the case, in brief, is for the cancellation of a 14 month lease of a house in Lathrop, Missouri, owned by defendant, and for judgment for $45, the first monthly rental payment made thereunder. It is based on a plea of fraud and misrepresentation on…