USA I Lehndorff Vermoegensverwaltung GmbH & Cie v. Cousins Club, Inc.

This is a direct appeal under our Rule 302(a) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110A, par. 302(a), 58 Ill.2d R. 302(a)) from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County holding the Illinois distress for rent provisions (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 80, pars. 16-34) to be unconstitutional.

In our State when a tenant falls in arrears in rent, the lessor may distrain the tenant’s personal property found on the leased premises. The lessor commences a distress for rent action by executing a distress warrant. The lessor can either seize the tenant’s property and remove it from the premises, or he distrains…