Fish v. Leser
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for specific performance, filed bv John Fish against John Leser and Johanna Leser, his wife. The substance of the material facts is given in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a bill, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county, by John Fish, appellant, against John Leser and Johanna Leser, appellees, to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a certain lot in Chicago. Upon the hearing of the cause, the court entered a decree dismissing the bill, and the complainant prosecuted this appeal.
Courts of equity will not always enforce the specific performance of a contract. Such applications are addressed to the sound legal discretion of the court, and the court must be governed, to a great extent, by the facts of each case, as it is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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