Peck v. Christman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of Covenant,—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
This suit was by appellee to recover against appellants for breach of certain covenants in a lease. The trial resulted in verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $3,250.
Appellants were charged, as assignees of the original lessees, with liability for breaches of the covenants of the lease. The only count of the narr., as originally filed, sought to recover a penalty named in the lease for withholding the demised premises after the expiration of the term of the tenancy. A demurrer was interposed to this count and sustained. Thereupon appellee abandoned the count .and by leave of court…
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