Appellate Court of Illinois, 1913

Grant v. Schwartz

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided November 4, 1913 · Barnes

183 Ill. App. 202

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. Forcible entry and detainer, § 71*—defendant’s possession must Be proved. In an action of forcible detainer by a lessor against a lessee, in absence of proof that the lessee, where no one was holding under him, was in actual possession of the premises at the time suit was brought, defendant’s motion for a peremptory instruction should be granted.

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