Hansen v. Meyer

Citations

• 81 Ill. 321

Syllabus

<p>1. Lessee—right of action of, against assignee of lessor. Where a lease, in terms, states that it shall be binding upon the lessor, his heirs, executors, and administrators, but says nothing about assigns, the lessee can not maintain a suit against a purchaser of the house and premises from the lessor, upon a clause in the lease binding the lessor to pay for certain fixtures and. furniture, which, by the terms of the lease, the lessee was to put into the house.</p> <p>3. Same—construction of statute in relation to. The statute in force July 1,1873, which gives to lessees of lands the same right of action against the assignees of their lessors that they would have against the lessors themselves, does not apply to a covenant made in a lease before the passage of the act.</p>