Legal Opinion

Fortune Bros. Brewing Co. v. Shields

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 28, 1907No. Gen. No. 13,219Published

Forcible entry and detainer. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mnrritt W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1906.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown

It will be seen from the refusal of the trial judge to hold certain propositions of law set forth in the statement prefixed to this opinion, that he held against the right of the plaintiff to recover possession of the premises herein involved for several different reasons, and that his decision could have been placed on distinct lines of reasoning. He evidently held with the defendants that the right of re-entry for a condition of a lease broken is not assignable without the reversion, notwithstanding section 14 of the Illinois Landlord and Tenant Act passed in 1873, and based on, although by…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sexton v. Chicago Storage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Drew v. MosbargerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
  3. Higbie v. RustAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
  4. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. v. KompAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905

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