Peacock v. Feltman

This appeal is from a finding and judgment for defendants in a forcible detainer proceeding, brought to recover possession of the building known as No. 118 South State Street, Chicago, because of alleged violations of the covenants in the lease.

The lease was made in 1917. By its terms, Augusta Lehmann (plaintiffs’ mother, who died in 1918) leased the building to The Curme-Feltman Shoe Company, an Indiana corporation, Arthur H. Curme and Charles H. Feltman, for 15 years from January 1, 1918, “to be occupied for shoe store and general mercantile purposes”; and the lessees covenanted and agreed…