Kesner v. Consumers Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover rent after August 1,1917, under leases from plaintiff Kesner to defendant company running to 1933, and covering the 20th and 21st floors and additional rooms of the Consumers Building at the Northwest corner of South State and Quincy Streets, Chicago. Defendant paid the rent to August 1, 1917, and vacated the premises July 27, 1917, under a claim of constructive eviction. Under the pleadings and stipulations the case went to trial upon that as the controlling issue and resulted in a verdict and…