Chicago Investment Corp. v. Dolins

Plaintiff, Chicago Investment Corporation (CIC), brought this action to obtain specific performance as assignee of a purported real estate sales contract (the document) made between its assignor, James F. Graves (Graves), and the defendants, Louis and Max Dolins (the Dolins). The Dolins filed a motion to strike the complaint and dismiss the suit, alleging that there was no enforceable contract in existence. The circuit court of Cook County granted the Dolins’ motion. The plaintiff appealed this decision.

The appellate court held that it was improper for the circuit court to resolve the issue…