Babcock v. Scoville

Citations

• 56 Ill. 461

Syllabus

<p>1. Assignee of a lessee — whether liable for rent. It is not necessary in order to subject an absolute assignee in fact of a term of years to a liability to the lessor for rent, that such assignee shall have entered into possession of the demised premises.</p> <p>2. Same—where therre a/re several assignees—whether jointly or only severally liable. Where several persons hold the entire interest of the original lessee of premises, not as joint purchasers, but by separate deeds of assignment, each of them an undivided interest, they are not jointly liable to the lessor for the whole rent, but each assignee is severally liable for a part only according to his interest in the premises as compared with the whole interest under the lease.</p>