Mallah v. Barkauskas

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Khosroyan and Tahreh Mallah, appeal from a judgment entered in a small claims action in favor of defendant, Bruno Barkauskas. Plaintiffs contend the trial court failed to apply the requirements of the statute relating to refunds of a tenant’s security deposit by a landlord and that its finding defendant had substantially complied with the statute was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Plaintiffs also claim attorney fees under the statute. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 80, par. 101.

The agreed statement of facts by the…