Ball v. Peck
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. Phillip F. W. Peck brought an action of forcible detainer against Thomas Ball, before a justice of the peace of Cook county, on the 8th day of June, 1865, to recover possession of a house in the city of Chicago.
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Writ of Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. Phillip F. W. Peck brought an action of forcible detainer against Thomas Ball, before a justice of the peace of Cook county, on the 8th day of June, 1865, to recover possession of a house in the city of Chicago. The complaint states, that Peck leased to Ball on the 1st day of Hay, 1864, for the term of one year ;- that the term had expired, and that Ball willfully held over after the-determination of the time for which it was leased, and after a demand for possession made in writing. A summons…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action of forcible detainer for the recovery of the possession of a house and lot, brought before a justice of the peace, and removed to the Circuit Court, by appeal, and thence to this court. On the trial below it appeared in evidence, that plaintiff in error, on the 1st of May, 1864, leased of defendant in error the house and lot in controversy, for the term of one year. Plaintiff in error had for several years been his tenant. Before the expiration of the term, however, Long, the agent of defendant in error, leased the premises to one Chadwick, for the ensuing year.
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