The lawsuit was brought in two counts. The first count was directed solely against Vito Ponticello. It alleged that on September 1, 1982, plaintiffs and Vito had entered into a lease for certain restaurant property in Washington, Missouri. A provision in the lease required plaintiffs to provide a $20,000 security deposit to be returned upon termination of the lease, subject to certain conditions. Count I alleged that plaintiffs also paid to “defendants ” $10,000 to purchase inventory of the restaurant. The lease was terminated on December 31, 1984 for non-payment of rent for three months amounting to $9,000. At that time “defendants ” retook possession of the res*287taurant including inventory amounting to $893.34 less than the inventory at the beginning of the lease. Plaintiffs sought from Vito a refund of the security deposit and the value of the inventory pleaded as $9106.66 a total of $29,106.66 reduced by the $9000 in unpaid rent. Nothing in the lease refers in any way to the inventory or the acquisition of the restaurant business. The lease is strictly a lease of commercial property for use as a restaurant.