Taylor v. Frohock

Citations

• 85 Ill. 584

Syllabus

<p>Contract—lease construed. Where a landlord leased a farm for five years, if not sold, reserving an annual rent, payable in two equal payments during each year, and the lease provided that if the landlord sold the premises to any third party, he should pay reasonable damages to the tenant, who was to give possession to plow, and haul manure, etc, as soon as his crops were gathered, it was held, that two modes were provided for terminating the term,—by lapse of time, and by sale of the premises by the landlord to a third person, and that the “reasonable damages” he was to pay in the latter event, meant in case the tenancy was terminated before the end of any one year; and also that when it was so terminated at the end of a year, the tenant was not entitled to recover any damages whatever.</p>