Leman v. Best
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. ¡Richard Prenderoast, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtGary, J.
This is an action of trover by the appellees against the appellants, for the fixtures used in the Sherman House, in Chicago, in connection with the cigar stands there.
The evidence is conflicting, whether they were originally put in by the first lessee of the house, or by a sub-tenant of the cigar stands holding under that first lessee. The appellees claimed title only under that sub-tenant, so that if they were put in by the first lessee there was no pretense for the action. The tenancy of the house had changed several times by expiration of terms and new demises since the fixtures were first…
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