Hoit v. Snodgrass

This appeal is prosecuted to review the decree of the circuit court of Henry county directing the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate.

John F. Smith, who was the owner of lands in Henry county valued at $275,000, became financially involved. December 8, 1920, a petition was filed in the county court of Henry county alleging that petitioners “are reputable citizens of the county of Henry and State of Illinois; that John F. Smith, who resides in the city of Geneseo, in the county aforesaid, is an insane person, who by reason of such unsoundness of mind is incapable of…