Lawler v. McNamara
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph Sabath, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a snit in which the plaintiff is attempting to recover rent of an apartment leased by her under a written instrument to the defendant. The defense is failure of the lessor to comply with her contract to heat the apartment. Upon trial by a jury, verdict was returned favorable to the defendant. Upon this, judgment was entered which plaintiff seeks to have reversed.
The evidence shows that on September 4, 1915, the parties entered into a written lease whereby plaintiff leased to defendant a certain apartment of five rooms in…
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- Filkins v. SteeleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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