Blackall v. Morrison
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brent ano, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brent ano, Judge, presiding. Ezekiel Morrison, on the second day of December, 1891, executed a lease to A. H. Blackall and E. S. Black-all, composing the firm of Blackall & Son, for the first floor and basement of the premises known as 121 South Clark street, Chicago, at an annual rental of $8500, or $708.33 per month, for a period of five years, from the first day of May, 1892, until the last day of April, 1897. Black-all & Son afterwards, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The errors assigned by appellant John D. Ware present two questions: (a) Should the receiver of thé Economical Drug Company have been required to pay rent at the rate of $833.33 per month, or ought evidence have been received to show the reasonable rental value of the premises occupied by him, and the receiver ordered to pay solely according to the development of such evidence? (b) Should the sum of $2500 paid Blackall & Son by the Economical Drug Company when the lease for the premises was executed, have been applied as a set-off in favor of the receiver of the drug company against any sums…
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