Covenant Club v. Thompson

The Covenant Club of Chicago, a corporation, plaintiff, in the superior court of Cook county, sued John R. Thompson, John R. Thompson Company, a corporation, The Grant Hotel Company, a corporation, and Maria Marx, defendants, in trespass on the- case. There was a trial before the court with a jury and at the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff the trial judge, on motion of all of the defendants, instructed the jury to find all of the defendants not guilty. Judgment was entered on the verdict and this appeal followed,

In 1923 the plaintiff was possessed of the premises known as Nos. 10…