Osborn v. Farwell

Appellee, being the owner of a building in Chicago, called the “ Arcade Building,” let a part of the same to the United States for offices, court rooms, etc., and having permission to let the fifth floor to other tenants, subject to the control of the officers of the. government as to the character of the occupants, the mode of occupancy, and subject to the right of the government to require the fifth floor to be vacated at any time.

On this condition appellee leased the fifth floor to Darling, on the 12th of August, 1873, by a lease, to run until September 20, 1876, at the rate of $2400 per…