Weber v. Powers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. This was a motion to vacate a judgment by confession, entered on May 6, 1903. The motion to vacate was denied, and the order denying it was entered on May 16, 1903, by the Superior court of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. This was a motion to vacate a judgment by confession, entered on May 6, 1903. The motion to vacate was denied, and the order denying it was entered on May 16, 1903, by the Superior court of Cook county. An appeal from said order was taken to the Appellate Court, and the Appellate Court affirmed the order denying the motion to vacate the judgment, granting at the same time a certificate of importance. The present appeal is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The material question, presented by the record in this case, is whether the appellee was authorized by the power of attorney to confess judgment to enter up a judgment for rent, alleged to have accrued after the expiration of the written lease, and while appellant was in possession of the premises after such expiration either by virtue of holding over under the lease, or by virtue of a new agreement made between the parties.
By the terms, of the written lease, under which appellant originally entered, he was to hold the premises from the first day of June, 1900, until the last day of April,…
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