Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Citation
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Parent Document
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri (state)
- Effective Date
- 1970-12-07
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- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
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- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
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- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
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- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
- Kilbourne v. Forester, 464 S.W.2d 770 (1970)
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Full Text
1,329 charsBy these criteria, the lease contract between the parties was for a definite term, fixed at one year. It was made no less certain by any possibility that the provision ; “The lease is renewable at the end of the year period” authorized a perpetuity of leases (as appellant contends) rather than only a second lease by one renewal, as it plainly means. Because the law discourages perpetuities, and does not favor covenants for continued renewals, “a covenant which does not plainly imply or express a perpetual renewal will not be construed to give this right”. Diffenderfer v. v. St. Louis Public Schools, 120 Mo. 447, 25 S.W. 542, 544; Drake v. Board of Education, 208 Mo. 540, 106 S.W. 650, 654; Annotation: “Lease-Second or Perpetual Renewal”, 31 A.L.R.2d 607, 623, Sec. 9. The renewal provision of the lease between these parties is in general terms; it contains none of the language customarily used to express an intention for perpetual renewals, and certainly none can be implied. Such a general provision will be construed as authorizing but one renewal of all the terms of the old lease except that of the option of renewal itself. Krall v. Light, 240 Mo.App. 480, 210 S.W.2d 739, 746 [13]; Albany Savings Bank v. Gigliotti Motor Sales, 162 Misc. 468, 295 N.Y.S. 779. By the explicit terms of the lease, therefore, *774