Legal Opinion

Parent v. Callerand

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1872PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. On the 12th day of January, 1872, before Henry Challenor, a justice of the peace of St. Clair county, Florence Callerand filed her complaint, charging León S. Parent with forcibly detaining the possession of twenty-two acres of land situated in said county, belonging to the plaintiff. Upon a trial in the justice’s court the defendant was found not guilty.

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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. On the 12th day of January, 1872, before Henry Challenor, a justice of the peace of St. Clair county, Florence Callerand filed her complaint, charging León S. Parent with forcibly detaining the possession of twenty-two acres of land situated in said county, belonging to the plaintiff. Upon a trial in the justice’s court the defendant was found not guilty. The plaintiff appealed to the circuit court, where, at the March term, 1872, the cause was tried by the court, without a jury, upon an…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This cause was tried in the circuit court upon an agreed state of facts, as follows: “Florence Callerand, the plaintiff, on the second day of January, 1871, signed, sealed and acknowledged and delivered to Leon S. Parent, the defendant, a lease in writing, thereby leasing to defendant twenty-two acres of land described in plaintiff’s complaint, * * * * for a term of ten years from date of lease, at a rent of fifty dollars annually, and also board and furnished lodgings for plaintiff during the term of said lease, and in default thereof to pay to plaintiff sixty dollars annually in lieu of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cole v. RiperIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Carpenter v. MitchellIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Martin v. RobsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Fargo v. BennettIdaho Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Spiro v. RobertsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
  4. Kokomo Natural Gas & Oil Co. v. MatlockIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Hogan v. HoganIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

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