Chicago Legal News Co. v. Browne
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard, in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moran, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Edmund L. Davison, as plaintiff, on the 26th day of December, 1877, against the Chicago Legal News Company, on two leases under seal, to recover certain rents alleged to be in arrear. On the 9th day of February, 1878, the defendant filed the plea of the general issue, and two special pleas of set-off, alleging that it had suffered damages to its property by reason of intoxication of its employés, caused by the sale of intoxicating liquors in another part of the same building, a portion of which was leased to defendant, which damages the defendant…
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