HELTON v. CITY OF ST. JOSEPH

No. 23126.

340 S.W.2d 198 (1960)

Ernest F. HELTON and Martha M. Helton, Respondents, v. CITY OF ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant.

Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri.

October 3, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Wood, Richard W. Dahms, St. Joseph, for appellant.

Dale, Potter & Flynn, St. Joseph, for respondents.


SPERRY, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, are the owners of a house and fifteen lots in Florence Addition to St. Joseph, Missouri, which they leased to defendant for a term of two years with an option to purchase. This suit is for waste and damages alleged to have been committed to the house during the leasehold term, through the failure of defendant to properly preserve and protect it. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of $800,...

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