Peck v. Brighton Co.

This was a bill in equity, filed by The Brighton Company against appellants, the heirs at law of P. F. W. Peck, to enforce the specific performance of a written contract, by which Peck, in his lifetime, sold a certain lot in the city of Chicago, to Nicholas P. Iglehart.

The contract, as shown by the record, bears date Nov. 1, 1857, by which Peck sold the lot to Iglehart for $3375, payable as follows : cash, $375 ; $1500 the 29th of November, 1857; $375, April 28,1858; $375, Oct. 29, 1858; $375, April 28, 1859, and $375, Oct. 29, 1859. Notes were given for the payments, with ten per cent…