J.M. Beals Enterprises, Inc. v. Industrial Hard Chrome, Ltd.

The defendant, Industrial Hard Chrome, Ltd. (IHC), appeals from an order of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, J.M. Beals Enterprises, Inc. (Beals), who filed a complaint alleging that the defendant was a holdover tenant pursuant to the Illinois holdover statute (735 ILCS 5/9 — 202 (West 1992)). The order assessed damages for double rent in the sum of $35,519.40. IHC argues that summary judgment was improperly granted because, it maintains, questions of material fact remain unresolved.

The material facts are not in dispute and are based on the pleadings, exhibits, excerpts of the…