Mix v. Baldwin

This was a bill brought by appellee, against appellants, to compel the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of lot 2, in block 63, in Momence, executed by H. 0. Todd, as trustee of Helen M. Mix, by James Mix, his attorney in fact, on the 26th day of January, 1876. By the terms of the contract, as alleged in the bill, the complainant agreed to pay the sum of $400 for the lot, in four payments of $100 each, with ten per cent interest, and the taxes on the premises, upon which the premises were to be conveyed to him. The bill alleges a compliance with the terms of the contract…