Meier v. Thieman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) It was tlie duty of the justice of the peace to try the case on its merits. The landlord and tenant act not only creates a right, but provides a remedy therefor, and a forum for the enforcement of such remedy. In such case the remedy and forum are exclusive, and nowhere in such statute is any provision made for certifying a case from the justice of the peace to the circuit court.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) It was tlie duty of the justice of the peace to try the case on its merits. The landlord and tenant act not only creates a right, but provides a remedy therefor, and a forum for the enforcement of such remedy. In such case the remedy and forum are exclusive, and nowhere in such statute is any provision made for certifying a case from the justice of the peace to the circuit court. Jefferson County v. Bowens, 54 Mo. 234; Pierce v. Calhoun, 59 Mo. 271; Stamps v. BridweTl, 57 Mo. 22. (2) The circuit court could only acquire jurisdiction of a suit under…
1Opinion of the Court
Shebwood, J. —
Thomas J. Meier, by written lease, dated March 1, 1882, leased the western and northern portions, under cultivation, on the farm sitüated in township 45, range 5, section 14, to the defendant for the term of three years at the yearly rent of three hundred dollars, payable one-half on the twenty-fourth day of December, and one-half on the twenty-fourth day of March, in each year, about eighty acres. The de*438fendant entered into possession of the premises under said lease, and has remained in possession thereof continuously since. The lessor, Thomas J. Meier, died on the fifteenth…
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