Schroeder v. Schlueter

The appellant, James E. Schroeder, seeks reversal of the decision of the St. Clair County Circuit Court, entered May 8, 1979, following a bench trial, denying him the equitable remedy of specific performance. The agreement to be enforced against defendants-appellees, Floyd and Carol Schlueter, was an option contract for the purchase of real property located in St. Clair County. On appeal the plaintiff below charges error in the court’s consideration of sections 6 and 7 of the Limitations Act (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 83, pars. 6 and 7), which refer to legal ownership of land and the payment…