222 East Chestnut Street Corp. v. Murphy

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

On February 12, 1942 the 222 East Chestnut Street Corporation, owner of an apartment building at that address in Chicago, and William H. Murphy, a lawyer, executed and delivered a lease for apartment 7-C on the 7th floor of that building for a term commencing May 1, 1942 and ending April 30, 1943 at a monthly rental of $135. The lease was on a printed form known as Chicago Beal Estate Board Form No. 10-C. It contains the following typewritten clause:

“It is agreed that apartment will be redecorated and ready for occupancy by May…