Miller v. Pettengill

Albert H. Miller, on October 15, 1942, and for many years prior to that time, was the owner of a 157-acre farm in Jo Daviess county, Illinois. On January 26, 1944, he filed his bill to quiet title to the farm in the circuit court of Jo Daviess county against R. D. Pettengill and Frances Pettengill. In his complaint, Albert Miller alleged that the Pettengills unlawfully claimed the right to purchase the farm by virtue of a prior contract for sale entered into between the parties on or about October 15, 1942, and that this contract, which had been recorded on October 21, 1942, constituted a…