Krasa v. Elworth

The trial judge, in a suit of forcible detainer, in the municipal court, having entered judgment finding the defendant, Elworth, guilty of withholding from the plaintiff’s possession an apartment on the second floor of a building known as 5311 Washington boulevard, Chicago, an appeal was taken by the defendant to this court.

On March 4, 1919, Adams and Anderson, as lessors, leased in writing the premises in question for a term beginning on May 1, 1919, and ending on April 30, 1921, to the defendant Elworth. The 15th clause of that lease is in the following words: ,

“15th. That said lessee will…