Applegate v. Inland Real Estate Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Inland Real Estate Corporation, the defendant, appeals from a judgment holding that it had constructively evicted the plaintiff, Yvonne Applegate, from an apartment, awarding the lessee double her security deposit plus attorney fees and costs (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 80, par. 101), and denying Inland’s counterclaim seeking damages for breach of the lease.

On October 28, 1980, plaintiff signed the lease for the term November 1, 1980, through October 31, 1981. She tendered a security deposit of $335, equal to one month’s rent. At…