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After 10 years of litigation, a class action settlement recovered $1.2 million in security deposit fees alleged to have been wrongfully withheld from more than 5,000 tenants.
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Read More »Property Law: Landlord-Tenant-Preclusion of Assignment and Sublease-Breach of Lease
Defendant rented a mobile home lot from plaintiff; the terms of the lease stated that the property could be occupied only by the named tenants and that the lease was not assignable or subleasable without plaintiff’s approval. Defendant and her ...
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Read More »Landlord – Tenant: Residential Lease-Implied Warranty Of Habitability-Exculpatory Clause
(1)Where a landlord challenged a judgment for a tenant on her claim for breach of the implied warranty of habitability, the 2017 lease and its exculpatory clause were immaterial because sufficient evidence showed that the tenant’s damages occurred when the ...
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Read More »Landlord-Tenant : Rent And Possession – Implied Warranty Of Habitability – In Custodia Legis Procedure
Kohner Properties, Inc. v. Johnson (MLW No. 71812/Case No. SC95944 – 16 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, per curiam; Fischer, C.J., Wilson and Russell, JJ., concur; Breckenridge, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Stith, J., concurs in opinion of Breckenridge, J. Draper and Powell, JJ., not participating)
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Read More »Landlord-Tenant : Rent And Possession – Withheld Rent – In Custodia Legis
Jamerson v. Boone (MLW No. 71882/Case No. ED104405 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Robert G. Dowd Jr., J.)
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Read More »Landlord-Tenant : Unlawful Detainer – Renewal Clause – Default Clause
Fairmont/Monticello, LLC v. LXS Investments, Inc. (MLW No. 71744/Case No. ED105540 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Van Amburg, J.)
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Read More »Landlord-Tenant : Rent And Possession – Right To Jury Trial
Brainchild Holdings, LLC v. Cameron (MLW No. 71222/Case No. SC96376 – 6 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Fischer, C.J., Draper, Wilson, Powell and Stith, JJ., and Manring, Sp. J., concur. Breckenridge, J., not participating)
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Read More »Landlord-Tenant : Lease Agreement – Termination – Damages
Davenport Chester, LLC v. Abrams Properties, Inc. (MLW No. 70989/Case No. 16-3228 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
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Read More »Real Property : Landlord-Tenant – Lease Agreement – Affirmative Defense
Morris Branson Theatre, LLC v. Cindy Lee, LLC (MLW No. 70724/Case No. SD34572 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)
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Read More »Landlord – Tenant : Rent And Possession – Warrant Of Habitability – Rent In Escrow
Kohner Properties, Inc. v. Johnson (MLW No. 69695/Case No. ED103133 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.)
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Read More »Landlord – Tenant : House Lease – Early Termination – Unlawful Detainer
Stratman v. Wagner (MLW No. 66354/Case No. SD32679 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, J.)
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