Carlson v. Levinson

Plaintiffs brought an action of forcible detainer against the defendant to recover possession of an office in a suite occupied by the plaintiffs and defendant as law offices in Chicago. At the close of all the evidence there was a directed verdict for the plaintiffs, and the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that for some time prior to February 25, 1920, plaintiffs and defendant were occupying a suite of offices for the practice of law in the Otis Building, Chicago; that the plaintiffs held a lease for the suite and on February 25, 1920, sublet one of the rooms to the…