Doty v. Burdick

Appellant brought an action of forcible entry and detainer in the circuit court of Whiteside county, to the August term, 1874, against appellee, to recover a house and lot in the"village of Bock Falls. It appears that one Barnett Doty, in his lifetime, rented the house to one Ford, who, at the expiration of his lease, left the house, and it thereby became vacant. Ford, when he left, gave the key to Sheldon, and appellant entered the house through a window, and thus acquired possession. This was in April, 1874, and appellant, on the 30th of that month, still being in possession, leased the…