Ramsey v. Liston
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a suit instituted on the chancery side of the Clay Circuit Court, and was heard and decree rendered finally in that court upon bill, answers, replication, and depositions of witnesses. This bill was filed by William Liston and Joseph D. Morgan, administrators of the estate of William C. Morgan, deceased, against Aquilla M. Ramsey and Cam McBride, and the widow and minor heirs of decedent, for specific performance, and for an order to sell land.
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This was a suit instituted on the chancery side of the Clay Circuit Court, and was heard and decree rendered finally in that court upon bill, answers, replication, and depositions of witnesses. This bill was filed by William Liston and Joseph D. Morgan, administrators of the estate of William C. Morgan, deceased, against Aquilla M. Ramsey and Cam McBride, and the widow and minor heirs of decedent, for specific performance, and for an order to sell land. The bill, after stating pro forma the death of William C. Morgan, the heirs of him surviving, and their appointment as administrators, states…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
We are of opinion that this decree should be affirmed. There is not the discrepancy between the contract set out in the bill, and that established by the proof, which the plaintiff in error supposes. The contract was by parol, and is in the bill stated in general terms. It avers the purchase of the lot in question, by the deceased, of Ramsey, and that the consideration had been paid, and asks that the lot be conveyed, in pursuance of the purchase, and that it be sold, and the proceeds applied as assets. The proof, we think, sustains this.allegation. The bill does not attempt to state…
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