Aden v. Alwardt

This action involves a forfeiture of a purchaser’s rights under an installment contract for the sale of farmland. Following a bench trial the Circuit Court of Iroquois County held that the seller had properly exercised her rights under the forfeiture clause of the contract and denied the buyer’s claim for specific performance. The purchaser’s lessee was ordered to account to the seller for income and expenses in connection with the farm’s operation. We reverse.

The basic facts of the case were stipulated to by the parties. On April 2, 1973, the seller, Aden, and the purchaser, Vits, entered…