Cochrane v. Tuttle
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gr. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Jane L. Tuttle against John C. Cochrane. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
On what terms plaintiff occupied defendant’s dwelling house, whether as a tenant by the year or at will, or under a contract which created no relation of landlord and tenant, is left somewhat in doubt by the testimony in the case. The contract was verbal. Plaintiff says she was to have the house for one year, and was to board four persons, viz.: Mr. Cochrane, his wife and two children. Whether she was to have the whole or any distinct part of the house, she does not state. On the contrary, the defendant says, the bargain was this: That she should come to his house at Riverside; have the…
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