Monroe Dearborn Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Education

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, the Monroe Dearborn Limited Partnership, appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of its complaint under section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 1992)), for failing to state a cause of action against the defendant, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago. We consider whether the plaintiff alleged facts in its complaint to show that it was entitled to a rent reduction under its lease of the defendant’s property because the tax assessment on its leasehold lawfully included the…