The lease in question was an Illinois contract, and the appellant’s main contentions are based upon the provisions of that part of the statute of frauds of Illinois relating to contracts concerning lands or interests therein which reads as follows: “No action shall be brought to charge any person upon any contract for the sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, for a longer term than one year, unless such contract ■or some-memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing ■and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized in writing signed by such party.” Sec. 2, ch. 59, Starr & C. Ann. Stats. TIL 1896.
The appellant’s argument is that the occupation of the premises after April 30, 1896, must be a holding under the notice of election to hold for the additional term, and that ;such notice having been given by an agent whose authority, if any, was not in writing signed by BosenTerans, it follows that the notice was inadmissible in evidence, and ineffective even if admitted. The conclusive answer to this conten
The stipulation was not to “ renew ” or “ extend ” the lease, which stipulation would require the making of a new lease (Kollock v. Scribner,
But it is said that the notice was not given ninety days before the 30th day of April, 1896, and hence that the condition never was in fact performed. This objection, however, is met by the fact that the notice was given and accepted without objection on the score of time. There are
An exception to a portion of the charge requires notice. In charging the jury upon interrogatory A|-, the trial judge gave an instruction covering nearly a page and a half of the printed case. The first part of the instruction, nearly a page in length, was substantially a correct statement of the considerations which the jury might take into account in answering the question. Then followed, however, this clause: “Although it is not my duty to tell you the effect of your answer, I may state that, if you answer that it was occupied by the 'Weber Jewelry Company under an_ arrangement or bargain made with Mr. Weil, it will relieve Mr. Rosenhrans of any liability, because the occupation which continued after the renewal of this lease was all paid for.” The defendant excepted to the entire instruction. The court undoubtedly committed error in stat: ing'to the jury the legal effect of their answer to the question upon the rights of the parties, under numerous recent decisions of this court; and, had exception been taken specifically to this part of the charge, we should feel obliged to reverse the case. The rule is-familiar, however, that an omnibus exception which includes two or more distinct propositions, some of which are correct, is insufficient to present the question as to the correctness of any one of the propositions singly, and under this rule we cannot consider the exception.
Other minor errors are assigned, but we find no merit in them, and they do not require specific treatment.
By the Oourt.— Judgment affirmed.
