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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 535

Citation
Section 535
Parent Document
Younker v. Investment Realty, Inc., 461 S.W.3d 1 (2015)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
2015-02-20

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. In their initial brief, Tenants characterize Properly Owners’ position as "[Property Owners] try to reduce ‘ordinary wear and tear’ to nothing by stating in the lease agreements that plain old dirt, even one crumb of it, is not ‘ordinary wear and tear.' ” In their responsive brief, Property Owners do not deny this characterization and appear to confirm it by stating, “[t]he contracts specify that dirt in the carpet or elsewhere are not ‘normal wear & tear’, and carpet cleaning is specifically authorized by the tenant. The contract merely defined that which the Legislature failed to define, and that definition must now control because [Tenants] agreed to it in the contract”