Medinah Temple Co. v. Currey

Appellant leased to the F. Halbe Baking Company certain property in the city of Chicag'o for the term of five years. The lease contained this condition: “The said lessee shall not assign this lease, or let or underlet said premises or any part thereof, without the written consent of the lessor,” and provided for a forfeiture if the condition was broken. After the term had run some ten months the lessee made a general voluntary assignment for the benefit of its creditors, naming Arthur L. Currey as assignee, who tóo.k possession of the leased premises and afterwards claimed to hold the same…