Sebastian v. Hill
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for rent. Appeal from the Circuit Court 'of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Justioe G-ary
delivebed the opinioh of the Court.
The appellees sued the appellant for rent accruing after November, 1890. The appellant quit in October and paid the rent for November. The only contest is whether the appellant was tenant from month to month or by the year.
The parties had a conversation about the rent which Hill testified terminated in an agreement that the appellant would take a lease for three years, but if after one year the appellant, who was in the service of the Rock Island road, should be removed from service in Chicago, then the lease should become invalid. Hill then…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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