Geary v. Great AtLantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Appellant, as assignee of a claim for rent, secured judgment thereon in the municipal court of Chicago against the appellee in the sum of $1750. The cause was tried on a stipulation of facts from which it appears that on February 25, 1931, appellee, then in possession of the premises, wrote to the Foreman Trust & Savings Bank, herein called the Foreman Bank, then receiver of the premises, as follows: “Re: 3309 W. Madison Street.

“Herewith original and duplicate copies of renewal lease for one year commencing May 1, 1931, at a monthly rental rate of $125.00 with one one-year renewal privilege…