Evans v. Schwartz

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Chicago, against the defendant, for $150 based upon a directed verdict for that amount. The plaintiff’s amended statement of claim was as follows: “Plaintiff’s claim is for rent of premises known and described as flat number three, third floor, of the building known as 524 East 61st street, Chicago, Illinois, being instalments of rent due on the first days of June, July, August, September, October and November, 1913, at twenty-five dollars per month, one hundred and fifty dollars.” The defendant contends that this statement is…