Chapman v. Cary

Appellant, Frank 0. Chapman, began suit before a justice of the peace in Kankakee county against appellee, Charles D. Cary, to recover certain rent alleged to be due. Judgment was rendered against appellee for $67.62, and appellant appealed to the county court, where there was a trial by jury, judgment in favor of appellant for $50, and an appeal to this court was prosecuted.

For several years prior to December, 1920, appellee had occupied a flat in Kankakee belonging to appel- • lant under an oral lease, at a rental of $30 per month. In December, 1920, a written lease was entered into at a…