Brewer & Hofmann Brewing Co. v. Boddie

The appellant is a corporation organized under the laws of this State “to carry on a general brewing and malting business and manufacture and sell soda waters in the city of Chicago.” On February 3, 1893, it entered into a written lease from appellee to it and others for a period of five years, by which it agreed to pay appellee the rent stipulated in the lease, in monthly payments of $500 each, for the premises, which by the terms of the lease were “to be occupied for saloon, and no other purpose whatever.” The evidence showed that for a part of the term appellant occupied and used the…