Reynolds v. Greenbaum
Illinois Supreme Court
WHIT OF Enuon to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the }[on. ~JOHN 0-. ROGERS, Judge, presiding. This was an action of forcible detainer, bronght by Greenbaum, against Reynolds, for the recovery of demised premises, on the ground that the term was forfeited by the non-payment of rent. The plaintiff recovered in the court below.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
The evidence contained in the record is sufficient to justify the finding that defendant was in possession of the demised premises, under the written lease executed by the parties. When signed, it was left with the scrivener who had prepared it, for the benefit of both parties, and that a copy might be made for defendant. That was a sufficient delivery. Whether defendant was in possession of the premises as a tenant under the lease in evidence, or as vendee under a verbal contract of purchase made with plaintiff after the lease had been made, was a question of fact, which the jury have found…
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