GLASOE v. TRINKLE

No. 60154.

107 Ill.2d 1 (1985)

479 N.E.2d 915

MERWIN M. GLASOE, Ex'r, Appellee, v. JERRY TRINKLE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Hanrahan and George J. Bell, of Champaign, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.

Kathleen C. Yannias, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

Richard E. Blumberg, of Berkeley, California (Michael A. O'Connor, of Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae National Housing Law Project.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause involves a suit by Merwin O. Glasoe, a landlord, against Jerry and Diane Trinkle, his former tenants, to recover $960 in rent. The Trinkles filed an answer denying that rent was due and owing and also raised several affirmative defenses and counterclaims. Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Champaign...

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