Opinion
Gen. No. 43,985. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed May 4, 1948 Released for publication June 4, 1948
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER, § 80 — unauthorized judgment for plaintiffs. Judgment for plaintiffs in forcible detainer proceedings for possession of apartment was unauthorized where defendant, after expiration of two-year lease, was hold-over tenant for another term and had notified plaintiffs of defendant's intention to renew lease and was willing to pay rent, and plaintiffs had failed to give statutory sixty-day notice to terminate tenancy and were insisting that defendant execute a renewal lease with covenants not found in original lease, in violation of Price Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, ch. 80, par. 5; Jones Ill. Stat. Ann. 72.05).
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. MATTHEW D. HARTIGAN, Judge, presiding.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded with instructions. Heard in the second division, first district, this court at the February term, 1947.
Prescott, Burroughs Taylor, for appellant;
A. Morris Burroughs, of counsel;
No appearance for appellees.
Not to be published in full. Opinion filed May 4, 1948; released for publication June 4, 1948.