First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank v. Resh

The original action commenced herein was one at law to recover rent claimed by appellee bank from appellants for the use and occupancy of certain real estate by them. In appellants’ answer, they admitted certain rent was due, and denied other items of the bank’s claim. They also asserted a counterclaim based upon an alleged oral contract between the bank and appellants whereby the bank was to sell and the appellants were to buy the real estate in question for the sum of approximately $10,750. Issue was joined on the counterclaim. The equitable issues were transferred to the equity side of the…