Young v. Heffernan

Mr. Presiding Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion oe the Court.

Appellee recovered judgment in forcible detainer against appellant for the possession of a strip of ground fronting on Broadway street in Mattoon. He produced in evidence a lease signed by himself and the appellant dated February 1, 1892, by the terms whereof appellant leased the premises in controversy from him for the term of one year and agreed to pay him fifty cents per month rent therefor. The lease contained the following stipulation:

“ It is further agreed by the parties that in case a certain litigation now pending in the…