Nichols v. Sargent
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by Homer E. Sargent, in the Superior Court, against Annie E. Nichols, on a written lease from defendant to plaintiff, and signed by both parties. On the trial before the court, without a jury, plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by Homer E. Sargent, in the Superior Court, against Annie E. Nichols, on a written lease from defendant to plaintiff, and signed by both parties. On the trial before the court, without a jury, plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant. That judgment, on the' appeal of defendant, was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the First District, and defendant now brings the case to this court on her…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This was an action of covenant on that clause of the agreement to renew the lease that had formerly existed between the parties, which, it is said, obligates defendant personally to purchase, at the expiration of the lease, the improvements put upon the demised premises by plaintiff, “at the valuation of three persons,” to be selected as in the lease provided. The renewal agreement is signed by defendant, Annie E. Nichols, (formerly Annie E. Haven,) “Annie E. Nichols, guardian.” The premises seem to belong to defendant and her minor children, for whom she was guardian at the time of mailing…
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