State-Washington Stores Co. v. Walgreen Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Walgreen Co., seeks by this appeal to vacate a judgment for $18,750 rendered against it in favor of plaintiff, State-Washington Stores Co., in a distress for rent proceeding in the municipal court of Chicago. The case was tried before the court without a jury.

Plaintiff’s claim is for rent for the months of May, June and July, 1932, at the rate of $6,250 a month for space in the premises at the southwest corner of State and Washington streets, Chicago, under the terms of-a lease executed May 1, 1928, by Warmington,…