Dearlove v. Herrington

Citations

• 70 Ill. 251

Syllabus

<p>1. Trespass quare clausum prebit. The owner of lands and tenements, even if he be wrongfully kept out of possession, has no right to enter, against the will of the occupant, except to demand rent and make necessary repairs.</p> <p>2. Same—damages, whether excessive. Where the agents of a landlord, acting for him, made an entry into the dwelling house of a tenant, before his lease expired, and put others in, and exercised dominion over the goods and chattels of the tenant, and removed them from one room to another, and deprived him of the beneficial use of the dwelling house, and treated him with indignity, and his rights with contempt, a verdict for one thousand dollars damages is not excessive, and does not afford any evidence that the jury did not take a cool and deliberate view of the case.</p>