56 Mo. 437 | Mo. | 1874
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 29th day of November, 1870, the plaintiff, Sheble, leased to defendant, Curdt, his farm in St. Louis county, until the 1st day of March, 1872, at a rent of $475, payable on the 1st day of September, 1871. Among other clauses in the
In July, 1871, defendant had commenced removing the wheat, which had been harvested and placed in sacks, from the demised premises, and thereupon the plaintiff, on the 18th of that month, sued out his writ in the present action, took possession thereunder of said wheat, had the same brought to St. Louis on the 30th day of August, and sold on the 1st day of September, the day the rent fell due. On the same day also, on which the sale took place, defendant paid the rent which was accepted and receipted for by the plaintiff, who afterwards paid the net proceeds of the wheat into court, being $446.85. There would seem to be but little doubt from the testimony, that it was the intention of the defendant to sell the wheat and apply the proceeds to other purposes than the payment of the rent. The court upon this state of facts gave judgment for the plaintiff, for one cent damages and costs, &e.
Under the terms of the lease the plaintiff was not entitled to the immediate possession of the wheat. His right to such possession had not accrued but depended entirely upon the happening of a-certain contingency, viz: the non-payment of the rent at the time it should become due. This is sufficient to show that he could not, prior to the occurrence of such event, have any ground whereon to maintain replevin or its statutory substitute for the recovery of the property in
For these reasons the judgment of the General Term reversing that of the trial court must be affirmed.