Hollister v. Greenfield

This is an appeal by the defendant, Arnold H. Greenfield, from a judgment in the amount of $29,204, entered by the Circuit Court of LaSalle County on plaintiffs’ complaints for breach of lease.

On October 31, 1942, the parties hereto entered into a written lease whereby the defendant leased the plaintiffs’ premises in Streator, Illinois, for a period of 25 years at a monthly rental of $200. The defendant covenanted to make at his own expense certain repairs to the premises and to “brick veneer” the exterior walls facing Main and Monroe Streets “with suitable high grade face brick of quality…