Nelson v. Oren
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Recorder’s Court of the City of Chicago; the Hon. Evert Van Burén, Judge, presiding. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of covenant by the assignee of a lease against the assignor, brought in the Eecorder’s Court of the city of Chicago, and a judgment recovered against the assignor of fifty dollars and costs. To reverse this judgment, the cause is brought here by appeal.
The case was, that appellant had leased a lot in Chicago, of one Gillmore, for one year, from April 1, 1861, to April 1, 1862, with the privilege of four years extension on the terms and conditions stated in the lease. There was also a covenant not to assign the lease without the written assent of the lessor first had. On the…
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