Peacock Productions, Inc. v. Paine

This action was commenced before a Justice of the Peace of Jackson county by the filing of a statement by plaintiff, alleging that it and the Pioneer Film Company on August 1, 1921, entered into a written lease with the Davidson Estate Corporation, owner of the Film Building, in Kansas City, Missouri, for space in said building. The lease was for a term of four years at a rental of $400 per month, $200 to be paid by plaintiff and $200 by the Pioneer Film Company. On February 24, 1922, defendants succeeded to or purchased the business of the Pioneer Film Company and took over the space of the…