Scudder v. Marsh
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Plaintiff, bringing suit for rent of a dwelling house upon a written lease made by him to defendant, upon trial had an adverse verdict upon which judgment was entered that he take nothing, and from this he appeals.
The defense interposed was a constructive eviction by the landlord because of an inadequate furnace which was known to the landlord, of which he failed to notify the tenant before the leasing, which defendant, the tenant, did not know and could not then know by an examination, and by reason of said defect the premises became uninhabitable.
The jury could find as a fact that September…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sunasack v. MoreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Gibbons v. HoefeldIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Borggard v. GaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Lazarus & Cohen v. ParmlyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
- Long v. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1919
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