Voigt v. Resor

This was a suit brought by Mary Kesór to recover for two months and thirteen days’ rent of a room in Powell’s Block, Peoria, from May 31 to August 13, 1874, at $13.33 per month —$32.51.

Plaintiff, in the court below, recovered the amount of her claim, and the defendant appealed.

It appeared that the plaintiff was one of the heirs of E. FT. Powell, deceased; that, by a division of the property of the estate among the heirs, plaintiff became the sole owner of this room for which rent is claimed. There was introduced in evidence, on the trial, a lease from A. M. Scott, of the first part, to E. 17.…