Peine v. Weber
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt on a lease, brought by the appellee, against the appellant and one August Scheineman, to the April term, A. D., 1867, of the Adams Circuit Court. The facts in the case are fully presented in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
Two points are made by appellant on this record: First, the non-execution of the lease by him; and, second, that the clause in the lease upon which the plaintiff recovered, did not justify the recovery.
That clause is as follows: “ And, in case the said parties of the second part, fail to deliver possession of the premises hereby demised, to the said Weber, or his legal representatives, on the 2nd day of June, 1866, then they hereby agree to pay to said Weber, or his legal representatives, the sum of five hundred dollars, as fixed, settled, computed and liquidated damages.”
The declaration was…
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