Snell v. Hill

.Mr. Justice Craig

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs in error, complainants in the court below, filed their bill in chancery for the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of certain real estate in the city of East St. Louis. The bill alleges that the father of the complainants, J. S. Snell, Sr., on May 16, 1891, entered into k contract with the owmers of said real estate, the material parts of which are as follows:

"May 16th, i8pi.

“In consideration óf a good warranty deed, to be delivered on completion of a contract, of a certain tract of land, being one hundred feet…