Sibenaller v. Smock

By this appeal defendant, L. H. Smock, seeks to reverse a judgment entered by confession on a lease and an order of court overruling defendant’s motion to open up the judgment, and for leave to defend on the merits.

The record discloses that plaintiffs, as landlords, ■entered into a written lease with defendant, as tenant, the premises involved being an apartment in a building in Chicago, covering a period from October 1, 1933, to September 30,1934, at a rental of $80 a month, payable in advance on the first of each month. The rent claimed was $160 for January and February, 1933, together with…