Lenzi v. Morkin

Plaintiffs, Ronald G. Lenzi and Geraldine J. Lenzi, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered upon allowance of the motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ action against defendant, Ruth A. Morkin, individually, as co-executrix of the estate of Alma M. Dalmar, and as co-trustee of the Alma Dalmar 1979 Trust. The appellate court affirmed (116 Ill. App. 3d 1014), and we allowed plaintiffs’ petition for leave to appeal (87 Ill. 2d R. 315).

It was alleged in plaintiffs’ complaint that the parties entered into a contract in which plaintiffs agreed to purchase a house from…