Heissler v. Stose

Citations

• 131 Ill. 393
• 23 N.E. 347

Syllabus

<p>Interest—upon rent under written lease. A written lease of premises for a term of years fixed the monthly rent to be paid, except as to a certain part of the term, in respect to which the rent was to be fixed by referees to be selected in case the parties failed to agree. The referees selected failed to agree, without the fault of either party, and suit was brought upon the lease to recover a reasonable rent for that portion of the term for which the amount of rent had not been fixed: Held, the plaintiff was entitled, under the first clause of the statute, to six per cent interest on the rent the premises were found to be worth, such lease being an instrument in writing for the payment of money.</p>