South Shore Amusements, Inc. v. Supersport Auto Racing Ass'n

Defendants, Supersport Auto Racing Association (Supersport) and Peter Jenin (Jenin), appeal from a $8,695 judgment entered by the circuit court of Cook County on a finding that Supersport breached a contract to lease the Raceway Park Motordrome to plaintiff, South Shore Amusements, Inc. (South Shore). We reverse.

The record reveals that South Shore and Supersport executed a written contract which provided that South Shore would lease the Raceway Park Motordrome from Supersport to show a closed circuit telecast of the boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman on September 24, 1974.…