Schiavone v. Ashton

The circuit court of Cook county entered a decree on a bill filed by the appellee Sadie C. Schiavone, setting aside a contract for the sale by her to the appellant Catherine M. Ashton of certain real estate in Chicago and dismissing the cross-bill of Catherine M. Ashton for the specific performance of the same contract. Catherine M. Ashton, J. C. Mecartney and Newell Mecartney have appealed from the decree.

The cause alleged in the bill for setting aside the contract was fraud, the bill alleging that the complainant’s husband, Michael P. Schiavone, was approached by a man claiming to represent…