Allott v. Bowers

In this case we are asked to reverse the action of the court below in denying a motion to vacate a judgment entered by confession on a lease, and to permit the defendant to plead to the merits.

The plaintiff in error, William H. Bowers, hereinafter called the tenant, was a tenant of a certain apartment in Chicago, under a written lease from the defendant in error, hereinafter called the landlord.. The apartment immediately above the one leased to said tenant was occupied by the landlord. It is claimed by the tenant that the landlord so used his apartment as to create a nuisance, and thereby…