Hartwell v. Black

This was a suit in chancery, brought by appellants, in the Kendall Circuit Court, against appellees, for the specific performance of an agreement, for the sale of a house and lot in Yorkville, in Kendall county. The venue was subsequently changed to the DuPage Circuit Court, where a trial was had, resulting in a decree in favor of appellees and the dismissal of complainants’ bill.

The bill alleges that complainant, Delia Hartwell, in the month of March, 3863, purchased, by verbal contract, of Black, one of the defendants, the premises in controversy; that, by the terms of the contract, Black…