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Landlord – Tenant : House Lease – Early Termination – Unlawful Detainer
Stephanie Maniscalco//May 7, 2014
Landlord – Tenant : House Lease – Early Termination – Unlawful Detainer
Stephanie Maniscalco//May 7, 2014
Where tenants challenged a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to a landlord for immediate possession of a house occupied by tenants on the landlords’ claim of unlawful detainer, language stating that if either of the tenants did not live in the home for 60 continuous days was not ambiguous and authorized the landlords to terminate the lease after one of the tenants died.
Judgment is affirmed.
Stratman v. Wagner (MLW No. 66354/Case No. SD32679 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Maries County, Storie, J. (Johnny K. Richardson, Jefferson City, and Diana Christine Carter, Jefferson City, and Jamie J. Lee, Jefferson City, for respondent) (Summer Lane Masterson, Springfield, for appellant).
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