Doerr v. Maher

This appeal by plaintiff from an adverse judgment in a forcible detainer proceeding, wherein plaintiff sought to obtain possession of a second-floor apartment at 10146 South Park avenue in Chicago, presents an extraordinary record. No evidence whatever was adduced upon the hearing. A written lease between the parties which expired April 30, 1946, some two years before suit was filed, was marked for identification but not offered or received in evidence. There is no evidence of any hold-over tenancy or as to the terms under which defendant occupied the apartment subsequent to the expiration of…