MARKEN REAL ESTATE & MANAGEMENT v. ADAMS

No. 76-1610.

56 Ill. App.3d 426 (1977)

371 N.E.2d 1192

MARKEN REAL ESTATE & MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed December 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bouman, of Uptown Neighborhood Legal Services, of Chicago, for appellant.

Mitchell Edelson, Jr., of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE WILSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a distress for rent action awarding plaintiff $370 in damages and from an order denying defendant's motion for a rehearing. On appeal defendant contends: (1) that the action was initiated by plaintiff through a layman and therefore was a nullity, ab initio; and (2) that section 17 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to landlord...

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