Panzarella v. Shaw

Plaintiff, Panzarella, sued Shaw before a justice of the peace for rent claimed to be due under a hold-over lease and obtained judgment. Defendant, Shaw, appealed to the circuit court, and there filed a plea of res adjudicata based upon a prior judgment rendered in the municipal court of Chicago in a suit between the same parties based upon the same written lease. July 5, 1935, there was a trial by the court, some evidence heard, other evidence excluded, and the court made a finding in favor of plaintiff for $315.50, entered judgment thereon, from which defendant appeals to this court.

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