Stillwell v. Temple
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Land Court. The court, at tbe instance of the plaintiff, gave the following instructions to the jury : “ 1. If the defendant executed the' lease and agreement read in evidence, and if the defendant failed to purchase the premises described in said agreement according to the terms and conditions thereof, then the plaintiff is entitled to recover for one year’s rent of said premises according to the price of said rent named in said lease, and in addition…
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Error to St. Louis Land Court. The court, at tbe instance of the plaintiff, gave the following instructions to the jury : “ 1. If the defendant executed the' lease and agreement read in evidence, and if the defendant failed to purchase the premises described in said agreement according to the terms and conditions thereof, then the plaintiff is entitled to recover for one year’s rent of said premises according to the price of said rent named in said lease, and in addition thereto such damages as the jury shall believe the plaintiff has sustained by reason of the defendant’s failure to purchase…
1Opinion of the CourtRichaRdsoN, Judge
The parties to this action entered into a written contract by which the plaintiff agreed to lease to the defendant for the term of one year a dwelling-house in the city of St. Louis, and the defendant agreed to pay therefor, in monthly instalments, seven hundred and thirty-five dollars. By the same instrument, which was under seal, the plaintiff stipulated that he would at any time during the year sell and convey the premises to the defendant at the price and on the terms therein particularly set forth, and the defendant covenanted that he would during the term demand a conveyance and comply…
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