Sauber v. Collins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County;' the Hon. S. P. McConnell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
Appellee rented certain premises to one Kronberg, and appellant guaranty the payment of rent by the lessee. Kronberg abandoned the premises, claiming to have done- so under a verbal agreement previously made with appellee for a surrender.
Appellant, being sued upon his guaranty, set up that the lease had been surrendered. The evidence came far short of establishing either an agreement to surrender or an acceptance of the abandonment as a surrender. The lease was under seal and its terms could not be varied by parol. Chapman v. McGrew, 20 Ill. 100; Humes Bros. v. Taylor, 63 Ill. 43; Barnett v.…
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