Bissell v. Lloyd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. M. Laws, Judge, presiding. On the 1st of August, 1869, Bissell, being possessed of certain buildings in Peoria, leased to the firm of Billings, Lloyd & Schembs a part thereof, for a term of five years from that date, at a yearly rent of $1000, payable monthly.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. M. Laws, Judge, presiding. On the 1st of August, 1869, Bissell, being possessed of certain buildings in Peoria, leased to the firm of Billings, Lloyd & Schembs a part thereof, for a term of five years from that date, at a yearly rent of $1000, payable monthly. The premises rented were described as “the brick store room on south Washington street, * * * being the store room now occupied by the party of the first part; also, the undivided half of room in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
We find no sufficient ground in the record to reverse this judgment. By the terms of the lease, the lessees were hound to make needed repairs and alterations in and about the store-room, which was only a part of the building. The fair implication from this express undertaking is, that the lessor undertook to keep the residue of the building in repair. The premises were not occupied by the lessees, or by any one under them, after March 1, 1871. The evidence tends to show that at that time the building leaked so badly as to render the store room in question unfit for the use for which it was…
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