Dunham v. Kauffman

This cause arises upon a complaint in equity to pursue assets of a deceased-lessee in the hands of his devisees and legatees.

The suit was filed in the superior court of Cook county by Lucy Belle Dunham, appellee, against the defendants and garnishees, who are appellants here, on September 25, 1941. The main facts set forth in the complaint and which are not in dispute show that on May 1, 1895, Mary Virginia Dunham, the owner of certain real estate in the loop area of the city of Chicago, as lessor, entered into a ninety-nine year lease with Frederick W. Clark and George T. Clark, as lessees,…