Legal Opinion

Risser v. O'Connell

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 12, 1912No. Gen. No. 16,590PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Fbedebick L. Fake, Jb., Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume

Under the power contained in a lease, wherein plaintiff in error was the lessor and the defendant in error was the lessee, a judgment by confession was entered in the Municipal Court in favor of plaintiff in error and against defendant in error for $120 and costs. Thereafter, upon motion of defendant in error, said judgment was opened up and defendant in error was given leave to defend. A trial upon the merits resulted in a verdict in favor of defendant in error and judgment thereon against plaintiff in error for costs, to reverse which judgment this writ of error is prosecuted.

The lease is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Keating v. SpringerIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Rubens v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Barrett v. BoddieIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Applegate v. Inland Real Estate Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  2. American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Sound City, U. S. A., Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  3. Mileski v. KerbyWyoming Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Gibbons v. HoefeldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
  5. Sweeting v. ReiningAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924

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