Chapin v. Crow
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. H. Hobton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for specific performance, filed April 21,1892, by Alice J. Crow, against appellants, in which it is alleged that complainant sold to appellants, and they agreed to purchase, at the price of $8250, certain lands.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. H. Hobton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for specific performance, filed April 21,1892, by Alice J. Crow, against appellants, in which it is alleged that complainant sold to appellants, and they agreed to purchase, at the price of $8250, certain lands. The contract of sale was reduced to writing, signed by the parties, which recited that $500 of the consideration had been paid as earnest money, and appellants contracted to pay the further sum of $7750 upon the making of a good and sufficient deed, conveying to them “a good and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shops
The question presented is, whether, by the deed to the Warringtons, the sons took a vested estate in remainder after the •death of their father. If they did, it is conceded appellee had a merchantable title, and the decree was properly entered. The three, Henry, George and James Warrington, joined in a warranty deed to appellee’s grantor, and the question is whether that conveyed a perfect title.
The deed calling for construction was made by Horatio L. Wait and wife to Henry Warrington, George Warrington and James Warrington, parties of the second part, and purported to convey the premises in…
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