Hirschberg v. Thomas Cusack Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles H. Bowles, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff, bringing suit for rent due under a contract with the defendant for advertising space, upon trial by the court had judgment for $200 from which the defendant appeals.
By the contract in question the defendant was given the right to erect and maintain on the roof of a building in Chicago ‘ electrical advertising signboards thereon from the first day of June, 1913, to the thirtieth day of April, 1918.” The defense asserted is that this agreement is void for the reason that at the time of its execution there was in force…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crittenden v. FrenchIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
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- Country Club Real Estate Improvement Co. v. GillhamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936