Schroeder v. Electric Apparatus Co.

Plaintiff, as assignee of the lessors in a written lease, caused judgment by confession to be entered in the municipal court of Chicago against the defendant lessee for $4,920, $4,900 of which was for rent and $20 for attorney’s fees, and the defendant sues out this writ of error seeking a reversal of the judgment.

The only point made by the defendant is that plaintiff’s statement of claim does not state a cause of action because there is no allegation, as required by section 18 of the Practice Act, that plaintiff, who is the assignee of the lessors, was the bona fide owner of the chose in…