Cutler v. Leader Cleaners, Inc.

JUDGE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from an order of the Municipal Court refusing to vacate a judgment by confession based on a lease for certain store premises in the City of Chicago.

Under date of December 5,1951 plaintiffs, as lessors, entered into a written lease with defendant, as lessee, for store premises at 4162 Archer Avenue, Chicago, for a term of five years commencing January 1, 1952 at a rental of $225 per month. Paragraph 15 of the lease contained a power of attorney to confess judgment “for the amount of rent which may be then due, by virtue of the…