Epton v. CBC CORP.

In this proceeding, plaintiff Bernard E. Epton seeks specific performance of an oral option agreement to buy control of the stock of the American League Baseball Club of Chicago, an Illinois corporation, known as the Chicago White Sox, or, in the alternative, asks for damages for breach of the agreement. After several hearings, during which plaintiff amended his pleadings, the chancellor sustained defendants’ motion to strike the amended complaint and entered a final decree dismissing the cause with prejudice, from which plaintiff appeals.

The amended complaint alleges in minute detail facts…