Moehling v. W. E. O'Neil Construction Co.

Plaintiff, Margaret K. Moehling, brought this suit in the superior court of Cook County against the W. E. O’Neil Construction Company, defendant, seeking specific performance of an alleged oral agreement relating to the conveyance of ten acres of land. The cause was referred to a master, who found the issues for plaintiff, and this direct appeal is prosecuted by defendant from an ensuing decree for specific performance. A freehold is involved to give us jurisdiction. Lang v. Parks, 19 Ill.2d 223.

Late in January, 1957, defendant, a general construction company, needed acreage for road-fill…