Walker v. Newman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Judgment by confession. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Alonzo K. Vtokebs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
The contentions of appellant’s counsel are, that the lease must be regarded as that of Bobert P. Walker, and that he only can sue on it; that it appearing from the evidence that appellee was the owner of the demised premises, and that Bobert P. Walker had no interest therein, appellant took nothing by the lease, and is not liable for the rent, and that there was smallpox in the first flat of the building before the execution of the lease.
Conceding that the word “Agent” next following the signature of Bobert P. Walker to the lease,…
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