Young v. Kich

A decree of the superior court of Cook county ordering specific performance of a contract for the sale of one acre of land is here for review on direct appeal.

In January, 1923, George Young commenced negotiations with Peter Krick, a real estate agent, for the purchase of the corner acre of a seventy-acre farm belonging to Mrs. Louise Kich and located at the intersection of One Hundred Forty-seventh street and Western avenue, in Chicago. Young told the agent, and he in turn informed Mrs. Kich, that the land was to be purchased by the Sinclair Refining Company. Mrs. Kich agreed to sell the land…