Cuppy v. Allen

This is a writ of error brought to reverse a decree dismissing for want of equity a bill for specific performance.

James A. Barger, a bachelor, the uncle of the complainants, owned certain premises in the village of Loami, in Sangamon county, consisting of four lots, upon which he had a small dwelling house. The value of the premises was about $500, and their rental value was upwards of $5 per month. Letha Guppy, his niece and the' mother of the complainants, lived with her husband and her said two daughters in the same village on premises belonging to her, of about the same rental value. The…