Skeen v. Patterson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on March 24,1897, by the appellee, Agnes S. Patterson, against the appellant, Joseph C. Skeen, to enforce the specific performance of a contract, dated February 15,1897, for the exchange of lots, wherein it was provided, that the appellant agreed to “grant, bargain and sell” to appellee “by warranty deed” a certain lot 22 in Oak Park in Cook county, “and also a…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on March 24,1897, by the appellee, Agnes S. Patterson, against the appellant, Joseph C. Skeen, to enforce the specific performance of a contract, dated February 15,1897, for the exchange of lots, wherein it was provided, that the appellant agreed to “grant, bargain and sell” to appellee “by warranty deed” a certain lot 22 in Oak Park in Cook county, “and also a trust deed on” a certain lot 21 in Oak Park “for the sum of $1000.00, payable three years from date, with interest at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The contract, made between the parties in this case and dated February 15, 1897, was partly a contract of sale and partly a contract for the exchange of properties, owned by the parties respectively. The appellee owned a lot in Chicago with a building of flats thereon subject to two mortgages, the first mortgage for $4000.00, and the second mortgage for $500.00. She valued her property at $9500.00, and appellant was to pay therefor by transferring to her a lot and trust deed estimated by him to be worth $5000.00, and by assuming the encumbrances of $4500.00 upon the Chicago lot. Appellant…
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