Freiders v. Dayton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff Lawrence J. Freiders in count I of his complaint sought to specifically enforce a contract to purchase the home of the defendant Martha Dayton. In count II of the complaint he sought to remove a cloud on title resulting from an interim conveyance from Mrs. Dayton to the defendant Vera Champman Taylor, Mrs. Dayton’s sister. The defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff as to both counts.

The contract to convey to plaintiff for the purchase price of $18,000 was executed by Martha Dayton, then age…