Sweeting v. Campbell

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of LaSalle County which dismissed a complaint for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. The controlling issue, which emerges from a rather complex background of multiple conveyances and multiple lawsuits, is the effect to be given in this action to an earlier judgment concerning the title to the property in question.

Eor an understanding of the case, it is not necessary to state the details of each of the numerous transactions and documents involved. It is sufficient to note that in 1946 Frank E. Sweeting was the owner of…