Thompson v. Western Casket Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry Olson, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellants are heirs at law of John Thompson. They brought suit' against defendant, appellee, in the municipal court of Chicago on a written lease which contained a power to confess judgment for rent which might become due to the lessor or his assignees by the terms of the lease. Under this power judgment was confessed November Í6, 1916, for $1,208.60, together! with attorney’s fees.
The narr. set up the making of the lease from John Thompson to defendant for a term beginning on the 1st day of February, 1910, and ending on…
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