Opinion ID: 794123
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Vanderbilt's Counterclaim

Text: 24 Vanderbilt seeks payment for amounts Cordry failed to repay upon his sale of eight new homes financed by Vanderbilt. Cordry withheld payment under the first to breach rule. The first to breach rule holds that a party to a contract cannot claim its benefit where he is the first to violate it. Classic Kitchens & Interiors v. Johnson, 110 S.W.3d 412, 417 (Mo.Ct.App.2003) (quotations omitted). Because we find that Vanderbilt did not breach the agreement, Cordry has no defense to the counterclaim. The district court did not err in granting summary judgment to Vanderbilt on this claim.