Josephson v. National Screen Service Group, Inc.

KENNEDY, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment entered by the court in their unlawful detainer action against defendant.

Plaintiffs are the fee owners of land at 1800 Baltimore Street in Kansas City, Missouri, and defendant is the tenant thereof under a 99-year ground lease dated 15 October 1919.

The lease requires the tenant to pay the real estate taxes before they become delinquent, and to keep the improvements insured against loss or damage by fire or cyclone.

The lease also requires the tenant to “furnish to the landlord an abstractor’s certificate or other evidence acceptable to the…