Burger v. Potter
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. Samuel L. Eichmokd, Judge, presiding. On the 9th day of May, 1860, Ephraim Potter, being owner of certain lands lying in Woodford county, sold, and entered into a contract in writing to convey the same to Lemuel Burger, his heirs or assigns, upon the payment of the purchase-money, amounting to one thousand and seventy-three dollars, for which Burger executed his note, with security.
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. Samuel L. Eichmokd, Judge, presiding. On the 9th day of May, 1860, Ephraim Potter, being owner of certain lands lying in Woodford county, sold, and entered into a contract in writing to convey the same to Lemuel Burger, his heirs or assigns, upon the payment of the purchase-money, amounting to one thousand and seventy-three dollars, for which Burger executed his note, with security. Among the lands thus to be conveyed, was a tract described as follows: “Twenty acres, commencing ten rods north of the S. E. corner of the north-east…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
We do not agree with the. defendants in error, that this record presents a case provided for by section thirty-four of chap, twenty-four, title “ Conveyances.”
That section is as follows: The executors, administrators, or heirs of any deceased person or persons who shall have made such contract, bond or memorandum in writing, as aforesaid, in his or her lifetime, for the conveyance of land for a valuable consideration, when such consideration has been paid and fulfilled, as aforesaid, may, upon application in writing, obtain such decree, as aforesaid, upon giving notice to the party to whom…
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