Chapin v. Foss
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action for use and occupation, brought by Eliza Foss, the appellee, against Robert H. Foss and Eber J. Chapin, the appellants, to recover rent from March 24, 1870, to July 1, 1872, for a lot of land in the city of Chicago, upon the northeast corner of Van Burén and Canal streets, used by the defendants as a lumber yard.
The material facts are as follows: For a long time prior to March 24, 1870, appellants, and Samuel T. Foss, the deceased husband of appellee, composing the firm of Chapin & Foss, occupied for a lumber yard the premises described. Samuel T. Foss died March 24, 1870.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bonney v. FossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1873
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