Ballance v. City of Peoria
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Craig delivered
the opinion of the court:
This was an action of debt brought by John G. Ballance against the city of Peoria, on a lease. The lease was executed on the 20th of July, 1866, between Charles Ballance of the first part and the Peoria Bridge Association of the second part. By the lease the party of the first part leased and delivered to the party of the second part certain premises “situate and being in the city and county of Peoria and State of Illinois, known and described as follows, to-wit: The south-westerly half of lot No. 4, and so much of lot No. 5 as lies between…
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