Eisenbeis v. Shillington

Percy O. Eisenbeis and Ruth C. Eisenbeis, husband and wife, as vendors, seek the specific performance of a contract to purchase certain described real estate by John J. Shillington, vendee, who by cross-bill prayed for a rescission of said contract of purchase and the return of $200, earnest money deposit. The chancellor, nisi, being of opinion the parties should seek their remedy at law, denied the prayers of the vendors' petition and the vendee's cross-bill, and dismissed said petition and said cross-bill. The vendors appeal, asserting they made out a clear case for specific performance,…