Louisville, N. A. & C. Ry. Co. v. Carson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for rent. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tothill, Judge, presiding. Declaration for rent, with copy of the lease sued on. Plea, general issue, not verified.
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Memorandum.—Action for rent. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tothill, Judge, presiding. Declaration for rent, with copy of the lease sued on. Plea, general issue, not verified. Special plea, that at the time of the making of the supposed lease, to wit, the 25th day of April, 1887, the said John B. Carson, one of the plaintiffs herein, was the vice-president and general manager of this defendant, and this defendant avers that said lease in said declaration mentioned, was signed on behalf of this defendant by the said John B. Carson, as vice-president and…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding Justice Shepaed
delivered the opinion of the Court.
’ John B. Carson, Yan H. Higgins and Henry J. Furber sued the appellant for rent due under a certain lease, dated April 25, 1886, and made by said Carson and one Cooper,-to the appellant, for a term of five years from May first, 1887, of certain rooms in the building known as the Adams Express Building, in Chicago, to be occupied by appellant for its general offices.
The lease was signed by the lessors, Cooper and Carson, and by the lessee, the appellant, by its corporate name, “ by John B. Carson, Yice-Prest. and G-enT Mgr.”
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