Watson v. Moulton

Mr. Presiding Justice Worthington

delivered the opinion of the court.

Suit brought before a justice of the peace on the 23d day of November, 1900, by appellant, against appellee, for the balance of rent, due appellant under a lease made by said parties on the 10th day of November, 1898, by which appellant leased to appellee a house on lot five on the west end of Bluff street in Alton, Illinois, for $25 a month, to hold the same for two years from the 12th day of November, 1898. Appellee vacated the premises on the 12th day of April, 1900, having lived in said house about seventeen months, and…