Star Brewery v. Croake
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorándum.—In the County Court on appeal from a justice of the peace; the Hon. Charles H. Donnelly, County Judge of McHenry County, presiding. Submitted at the October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellant was guarantor of the performance of all covenants by lessees of the appellee, among which covenants were one to pay rent and another to pay all attorney fees incurred by the appellee in enforcing the covenants of the lease. The rent was $55 per month.
The lease contained a provision that if the lessees abandoned the premises the appellee might relet them, and if, at. a loss, the lessees would pay the deficiency.
She sued for $50 deficiency on two months, and $110 attorney fees incurred in enforcing the covenants in former suits.
On the trial she testified that under written leases…
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