Payne v. Coates-Miller, Inc.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County temporarily enjoining defendant from assessing costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees in connection with late rent payments against the named plaintiffs and all other tenants residing in buildings managed and operated by defendant before defendant has successfully prosecuted a forcible entry and detainer action against said persons. The only issue raised on appeal is whether the court below abused its discretionary power by issuing this order. We affirm.

On October 31,1975, a verified class action complaint was…