Chicago Attachment Co. v. Davis Sewing Machine Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williamson, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit for rent, brought in the Cook circuit court by the Davis Sewing Machine Company, appellee, against the Chicago Attachment Company, appellant. The former recovered judgment for $2788.59, and the judgment wa's affirmed in the Appellate Court.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williamson, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit for rent, brought in the Cook circuit court by the Davis Sewing Machine Company, appellee, against the Chicago Attachment Company, appellant. The former recovered judgment for $2788.59, and the judgment wa's affirmed in the Appellate Court. On April 28, 1882, appellee leased to Walter Scates and John M. driest the fifth and sixth floors of the building numbered 46, 48 and 50 East Jackson street, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Scates & (Priest are liable to appellee for the payment of the rent in controversy, for that is their contract with appellee; but appellant never made any contract with appellee for its payment, and if it is liable to pay appellee therefor, it can only be so because of privity of estate between it and appellee, resulting from its being assignee of the remainder of the term of Scates & driest during the time that the rent in controversy accrued. The bill of sale from Scates & Bidgway to the appellant omits reference to the lease from appellee to Scates & driest, and there is no other writing…
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