Midwest Bank & Trust Co. v. Scot Lad Foods, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action brought pursuant to the Illinois forcible entry and detainer act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 9 — 101 et seq.). Plaintiff Midwest Bank and Trust Company, as trustee u/t/a No. 82— 08 — 3926 (Midwest), filed a complaint seeking possession of a commercial storefront. Defendant Hopkins Foods, Inc. (Hopkins), currently operates its business in that storefront and is a sublessee of Scot Lad Foods, Inc. (Scot Lad). Midwest’s complaint alleges that Hopkins violated a covenant of the lease by failing to properly…