Fitzu v. Levin

Mr. Presiding Justice Lews

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action in forcible detainer to recover possession of premises known as 1000 North La Salle street, in the City of Chicago, consisting of a four-story building containing forty-four rooms, leased as a rooming house. A trial by the court without a jury resulted in a finding and judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

June 27, 1946, defendant, a real estate broker, leased the premises in controversy from Mary L. Stevenson for a period commencing July 1, 1946 and ending June 30, 1952, at a monthly rental of $225.…