Colton v. Gorham

i. landlord assignment lease of ten-landlord. I. The plaintiff declares upon a lease of property situated in Galesburg, Illinois, used as a hotel. The

lease demised the property for the term of five years upon a rent of $2,600 per year, to be paid in equal monthly installments. The plaintiff claims to recover $2,000 for rent remaining unpaid. The defendants, amoiig other defenses, plead that, *325with knowledge and consent of the lessor, they transferred the lease, by indorsement thereon, to one Brownell, who entered into the possession of the property under the lease, and became the tenant and…