Case ID: ill-app_194/html/0479-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

George J. Williams, Defendant in Error, v. Edward E. Short, Plaintiff in Error.
    Gen. No. 20,581.
    (Not to be reported in full.)
    Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Robert H. Scott, Judge, presiding.
    Heard in this court at the October term, 1914.
    Affirmed upon remittitur; otherwise reversed and remanded.
    Opinion filed October 5, 1915.
    Abstract of the Decision.
    Landlord and tenant, § 284
      
      -—when re-entry by lessor does not bar action for rent. A lease which provides that a re-entry by the landlord for default shall not have the eSect of terminating the lease, or operate to prevent its continuing in force, is valid, and under such a lease the tenant is liable for rent to the end of the term.
    Statement of the Case.
    Action by George J. Williams, plaintiff, against Edward E. Short, defendant, in the Municipal Court of Chicago, to recover rent under the terms of a lease. To reverse a judgment for plaintiff, defendant prosecutes this writ of error.
    Donald McEachern, for plaintiff in error.
    George J. Williams, fro se.
    
    
      
      See Illinois Notes Digest, Vole. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
    
   Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.