City of Chicago v. Mendelson

The City of Chicago brought an action against Jeanette Mendelson to demolish certain improved real property after a fire had occurred at said property. Defendant, Mendelson, filed a third-party complaint impleading the Cook County Department of Public Aid and the State of Illinois Department of Public Aid as third-party defendants, claiming that third-party defendants unlawfully withheld rents from welfare recipients who were tenants in her building. Third-party plaintiff claimed that the withholding of rents prevented her from making necessary repairs to the building. The rent withholding…