The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-13
Old Fashioned Dwelling at No. 300
Texas Avenue Projects on
the Adjoining Lot.
ACTION IS FOR EJECTMENT.
Albert II. Gehner Is Plaintiff and
Mrs. Louisa Zepp Defendant
Misfortune Places Her in
Helpless Position.

A quaint old brick house. set cat-a-cor-
nered on a forjy-foOt lot at No. 1850 Texas
avenue. is the subject Of a dispute between
the owner Of the house. Mrs. Louisa Zepp.
and the owner of the adjoining properly on
the north. Albert II. Gehner. This trouble
eliminated yesterday in a suit filed by Mr.
Gehner for ejectment. for the recovery OF
$500 damages, and for rent at the rate Of 50
a month
Mr.. Gehner in his petition sets forth that
he came into possession of his lot in De-
ccmber. 1875: that the northeast corner Of
Mrs. Zepps house occupies a triangular
space % feet SL inches by feet I inches
by q feet inches on his lot and that she
''unlawfully holds possession thereof 10 MS
damage In the sum of S5v." He computes
the rental value Of the space thus occupied
at s. month. and prays judgment Tor re-
covery of the premises. 50" damages ana 81
d month rent until possession is delivered 10
him. The suit was filed by Attorney kehr
.; Tlttman.
The house is a queer-loolsing old red brick
structure. set eighty feet back from icNaa
aNe enue. one and one-half stories In height
fiat and broad in appearance, ana WIN
many wonderful windows and doors. III
does not face the street squarely, but runs
or at tangent. as though seeking to set
behind more modern neighbors and hide.
ON Mr.. Gehner's lot is a two-story modern
house. which stops a few feet short or where
the intrudinG corner projects. Ana IL is tnis
projection which is at the bottom or the
suit
THE house was built more than fifty
years ago" said Mrs. Zepp last night
Philip Zcpp. my husband. built II. but that
was before | married him-oh. forty-seven
years ago. He has been dead thirty years
] cam. TO this country when ] was i6
years old, and two years later was mar
ried in this house. / have lived here ever
since that day. All my children-th,y were
born here. / have had no other home.
And l cannot move the house. IL Is too
old, 1t would fall to pieces. Eight years
ago my youngest daughter. Amelia. was
married to Michael Hammel, and year
after that she bought the lot from mc-the
lot to the north. Then she borrowed mon
ey from a building and loan association and
from Mr.. Gehner TO pay off the building
and loan association. And then she was sick
and had to 20 to California and have many
doctors, and two years ago she lost the
house.
she knew that my little old house stuck
over on her lot. and she did not care: bat
/ was dumb. and | did not make the deed
to read that the house should not he dis
turbed. And so Mr.. Gehner wants TO have
me to move it. cannot do IL. and cannot
not know. II has been my home so long.
and il would go hard with me TO sell It
and go TO live somewhere else.
There were no other houses here and
no streets when Mr.. Zepp built this house.
and he did not know that they would make
house sets: 50 that Is why II does not sit
square. He owned big farm here. hut all
of It. except this lot. is sold. He sold the
lot that Mr.. T.. +. w. Meier, who Is in the
City Council. bull; his big. fine house ON;
and all the other ground around here on
this block. But now. maybe. / shall have to
tear down the old house, for IL cannot be
moved. IL is too old.