Hayne v. Fenton

June 29, 1920, Charles H. Dickinson agreed to convey to appellee Timothy J. Fenton 145 acres of land in LaSalle county “by warranty deed and to furnish abstracts showing good merchantable title, and to deliver possession upon the payment of purchase price March 1, 1921.” Subsequently Dickinson executed and delivered to his wife an assignment of a one-half interest in this contract executed between himself and wife on the one part and Fenton on the other. Dickinson died two weeks later, leaving him surviving, appellant, his widow, and two sisters, a brother and the daughter of a deceased…