Werkmeister v. Beaumont

This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment entered by confession under a power expressed in a written lease of certain premises situated in the city of Chicago, between the parties to this suit, for rent claimed thereunder. Whether this case is distinguishable from that of Little v. Dyer, 138 Ill. 272, because, as is contended, of anything in the subject-matter upon which the power is to be exercised, we .will not inquire.

The Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the persons of plaintiffs in error, who were the defendants below, by reason of their appearance by attorney duly warranted…