Moore v. Richardson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. This is an action of forcible detainer, brought originally by appellee, Grace D. Richardson, against appellants, William S. Moore and W. A. Wait, for possession of two lots at the south-east corner of Madison avenue and Sixty-fourth street in Chicago.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. This is an action of forcible detainer, brought originally by appellee, Grace D. Richardson, against appellants, William S. Moore and W. A. Wait, for possession of two lots at the south-east corner of Madison avenue and Sixty-fourth street in Chicago. The action was brought before one justice of the peace in Cook county, and removed by change of venue to another justice of the peace. The trial before the latter resulted…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
The complaint filed before the justice of the peace alleges that appellee is entitled to the possession of the lots in question, and that appellants unlawfully withhold the possession thereof from appellee. The only question involved in the case relates to the right of possession.
Appellant, Wait, was merely a sub-tenant, holding under appellant, Moore. Upon looking into the record, it appears that appellant, Moore, claims to have been a tenant of appellee, the owner of the property in question. The argument of the counsel of appellants proceeds upon the ground, that the relation of landlord…
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