Forbes v. Star Paper Box Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from tlie Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John R. Newcomer, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gridley
On December 11, 1919, the plaintiff, M. H. Forbes, filed in the municipal court of Chicago a complaint in forcible detainer, alleging that she was entitled to the possession of the first and second floors of the building known as Nos. 312-316 Union Park court, Chicago, and that the defendant, Star Paper Box Company, a corporation, unlawfully withheld from her the possession thereof. The defendant’s appearance was entered and a jury trial demanded. The defense, as disclosed from defendant’s affidavit of merits, was (1) that at the time of the beginning of the suit it did not unlawfully…
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