Yale Tavern, Inc. v. Cosmopolitan National Bank

PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a case of a purported agent who executed two leases for the same property in a land trust for the same period of time. The plaintiff, Yale Tavern, Inc. (Yale), is the lessee under one lease and the defendant, Ora-Don, Inc. (Ora-Don), is the lessee under the second lease. Yale filed a forcible entry and detainer action against Ora-Don and several other defendants. At the close of the plaintiff’s case in a bench trial, the judge entered judgment in favor of all defendants. The plaintiff contends that the judge decided the case on…