Chemical Petroleum Exchange, Inc. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District

Plaintiff, Chemical Petroleum Exchange, Inc., a lessee, brought suit against its lessor, defendant Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, seeking an injunction restraining termination of their lease. It also sought a declaratory judgment that an agreement between plaintiff and a third party did not constitute an unauthorized sublease. Defendant filed a counterclaim for forcible entry and detainer and for an accounting. The trial court dismissed defendant’s counterclaim and entered judgment for plaintiff, ruling that the third-party agreement did not constitute a sublease and that…