Filosa v. Pecora

This is an appeal from an order which vacated a consent decree. The order was entered pursuant to a petition filed under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110, sec. 72).

In August 1971, six neighbors: Anthony Filosa, Angelo Morelli, Willis M. Hoffbeck, Martin D. Calis, Paul Pennick and Joseph Graber, entered into a contract with the defendant, Carlo Pécora, to buy a parcel of unimproved land, approximately 600 feet long and 100 feet wide, which bordered on the rear of their six homes. The contract, which was not recorded, provided for Pécora to convey the…