Smith v. Wunderlich
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lambert Tree, Judge, presiding. The action was trespass quare clausum fregit, by appellees against appellants, to recover damages for a forcible ouster of the former by the latter from premises described as No. 24 West Madison street, Chicago.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lambert Tree, Judge, presiding. The action was trespass quare clausum fregit, by appellees against appellants, to recover damages for a forcible ouster of the former by the latter from premises described as No. 24 West Madison street, Chicago. The declaration, containing four counts, alleged possession in plaintiffs; that they carried on the business of shoemakers therein; an ouster therefrom by defendants on Dec. 11, 1871, with a continuando, under a videlicit, to the time of commencement of suit, and, as special damages, that plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This was trespass quare clausum fregit, by appellees against appellants. The cause of action declared on, was an ouster of plaintiffs, by defendants, from a certain shop on Madison street, Chicago, wherein plaintiffs, as partners, then were, and for some time previously had been, carrying on the business of shoemakers. The ouster was set out as occurring December 11, 1871, with a continuando to time of commencement of suit. The suit was brought January 27, 1872. The plaintiffs, on the trial, gave evidence tending to show that they held the premises under a verbal lease from Dunne, one of the…
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