Illinois State Trust Co. v. Board of Trustees

This is a claim for double rent of premises occupied by the East St. Louis Community College. The claim arises out of a lease entered into by Southern Illinois University and sublet or assigned to the Illinois Junior College Board and State Community College of St. Louis. The primary term of the lease was from June 1, 1969, to June 30, 1969, with options to renew for three two-year periods.

The dispute in question arose at the close of the first two-year renewal on June 30, 1971. At the close of the first option term, the college proposed to the Claimants the renewal of the lease for one year…