Coney v. Rockford Life Insurance

Joseph P. Coney and Jack A. Coney, as plaintiffs, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court to recover the sum of $1,050 allegedly due for rent under a written lease executed October 22, 1960. After the cause was assigned to the Magistrate’s Division, the defendant-lessee, Rockford Life Insurance Company, filed an answer denying liability, and for a counterclaim, prayed a declaratory judgment (a) that under paragraphs 9 and 10 of the lease, the lessors are required to pay the costs of operating an air conditioner for the demised premises; (b) that defendant-lessees have paid the same over a…