First National Bank of Chicago v. Bohnhorst

Defendants appeal from an adverse judgment in a forcible detainer proceeding for possession of a farm; suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, who held against defendants; appeal was had to the circuit court and upon trial it there appeared that the First National Bank of Chicago, plaintiff in the justice court, had made a new lease to Joseph Rakyta, to commence upon the expiration of the tenancy of the defendants, and on leave Rakyta was made an additional party plaintiff; thereafter, on motion made by both plaintiffs, the court instructed the jury to render a verdict against…