Val Blatz Brewing Co. v. Young

Mr. Presiding Justice Adams

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff’s counsel contend that the verdict is against the preponderance of the evidence.

It appears from a lease put in evidence by the plaintiff that June 1, 1905, plaintiff leased to defendant, from said date till January 31, 1906, the store and basement of a two-story frame building known as 317 Illinois street, to be occupied as a saloon, and for no other purpose whatever. The rental reserved is $90, payable in advance, on the first day of each month of the term, with a rebate of $45 for each month subsequent to June, 1905,…