U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois July 30, 1889 (Hoyt v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.)

Gresham, J.

On the 18th day of February, 1880, the defendant leased to the plaintiffs, for a term of 10 years from January 1, 1881, lots 1, 2, and 8, in block K, of the original plat of the town of Chicago/ The plaintiffs agreed to erect on the lots during the year 1880 an elevator, with storage capacity of 700,000 bushels, which tliey did, and pay an annual ground-rent of $3,850, and all taxes