Heisen v. Ellis

Defendant in error, Charles C. Heisen, filed his bill in chancery against A. C. Ellis, Jr., and Lewis B. McCornick, as executors of the last will and testament of Jennie D. Thompson, deceased, and Lackner, Butz & Miller, their agents and attorneys in fact, praying an injunction restraining them from forfeiting a certain lease held by complainant to certain premises on Dearborn street, in the city of Chicago. The bill alleged that the complainant leased the premises May i, 1891, from Mary Young, the then owner, for a term of ninety-nine years, at an annual rental of $3000, payable in quarterly…