Legal Opinion

Snow v. Griesheimer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1906PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Writ or Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

On June 8, 1898, a judgment by confession under a power of attorney contained in a lease which had expired April 30, 1898, was entered in the superior court of Cook county in favor of Helen E. Snow, plaintiff in error, the lessor, against Morris Griesheimer, defendant in error, the lessee, for $1725.09 and costs. On November 1, 1898, the judgment was opened on motion of the defendant and he was given leave to plead. He filed a plea of the general issue and two special pleas, setting up an agreement between himself and the plaintiff for the reduction of the rent from $500 per month to $416.67…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McKenzie v. . HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Ostrander v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. White v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  4. Goldsborough v. GableIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Laroe v. . Sugar Loaf Dairy Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Protective Insurance Co. v. ColemanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  2. De Fontaine v. PassalinoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  3. Smith v. BondIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Barham v. Bank of DelightSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  5. Frazier v. RayNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1923

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