Dills v. Stobie
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant, brought by the appellant against the appellees, upon a written lease, to recover rent for a certain hall in the city of Quincy.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant, brought by the appellant against the appellees, upon a written lease, to recover rent for a certain hall in the city of Quincy. The fourth plea, referred to in the opinion, was a plea of payment of the rent, and the replication thereto is as follows: “ Predludi non, because protesting that he, the said plaintiff, has never been paid hv the said defendants, or any other person or persons whatsoever, any sum or sums of money in full satisfaction of the money in said indenture…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
On the 1st day of January, 1867, appellant leased to appellees certain rooms owned by him in Quincy, at a rent of $300 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, until the 1st day of January, 1872. The rooms were occupied by a Good Templars’ lodge, of which appellees were trustees, and also by two other lodges of the same order.
Afterwards, late in the fall or early in the winter of 1868, one of these lodges became disorganized, and the other gave notice that it would cease to occupy the rooms jointly with the lodge for which appellees were acting. It then became apparent that the…
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