Milnor v. Willard
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Superior Court of Chicago. This was a bill in chancery by the purchaser of a piece of land against the vendor and those claiming under him, praying a specific performance. There was a decree in the court below dismissing the bill, and the complainant appealed.' The facts appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckwith
This is a suit in equity to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of lot one in block two of Duncan’s Addition to Chicago. On the 15th day of June, 1854, the defendants, Willard and Lind, made a written agreement with the trustees of the South Chicago German Church for the sale of’the lot for the sum of four thousand dollars, payable four hundred dollars in cash, and the balance in five equal annual installments on the 19th day of June in each year, with interest annually in advance on all sums unpaid. The purchasers paid on the contract $1,542.59, and on the 12th…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kemp v. HumphreysIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
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