Hough v. Coughlan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. W. ~W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by David L. Hough in the Circuit Court of La Salle county, and on a change of venue sent to the Circuit Court of Lee county, where it was heard and determined. The prayer of the bill was for specific performance of a contract to convey laud. On a final hearing the bill was dismissed, and this appeal is taken to reverse that decision.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. W. ~W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by David L. Hough in the Circuit Court of La Salle county, and on a change of venue sent to the Circuit Court of Lee county, where it was heard and determined. The prayer of the bill was for specific performance of a contract to convey laud. On a final hearing the bill was dismissed, and this appeal is taken to reverse that decision. The bond on which the bill is founded, was made 2d October, 1849, by Michael Goughian to Timothy Horgan, for the consideration of $88.57^-.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was a bill in chancery, exhibited in the La Salle Circuit Court, by David L. Hough against Michael Goughian and others, for the specific performance of the contract therein set forth, to convey a certain tract of land. The venue was changed to Lee county, where a decree passed dismissing complainant’s bill.
To reverse this decree, the record is brought here by appeal, and various errors assigned.
We have deemed it necessary to consider hut two points made, as they seem to be decisive of the case.
It is the established doctrine in chancery, that applications of this kind are addressed to the…
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