Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Missouri

I signed a lease with three other people agreeing to pay $900 a month total for 1 year. The leases were not seperate and one of the roommates has moved out and stopped paying. Another roommate and I verbally agreed to each pay 1/3 of his original $225 the third roommate did not. After the first month of this arrangement he did not pay the $75 he had agreed to for the third roommate. I agreed to pay it for him (because my landlord was breathing down my neck) with his written word to pay me back. He has not paid me back and I no longer want to pay 1/3 of his original rent. Can I hold him responsible for the full rent of $225 a month and the additional $75 or, because I verbally agreed to pay 1/3 of his original obligation, am stuck with paying that the rest of the year?


Asked on 2/21/11, 3:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

There are two cases here. It appears under the fact syou described that the landlord can go after any one or each of you for the entire rent for the remainder of the lease period. Any of you that pays more than your share can seek reimbursement from those who did not pay their share. The hard part is that you may have to pay the landlord to get reimbursed from a roomate.

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Answered on 2/22/11, 12:01 pm


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