Thompson v. Bruen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant in the court below, against the appellee and others, to compel a specific performance of a certain contract made by appellee, with Holloway and Boggess, for the conveyance to the last named parties, of a tax title held by him, to the S. W. ¿ of section 33 in township 8, north of range 1, west of the 4th P. M., lying in Warren…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant in the court below, against the appellee and others, to compel a specific performance of a certain contract made by appellee, with Holloway and Boggess, for the conveyance to the last named parties, of a tax title held by him, to the S. W. ¿ of section 33 in township 8, north of range 1, west of the 4th P. M., lying in Warren county. The facts in the case are. fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
On the 1st of December, 1856, Holloway and Boggess, residing in Warren county, Illinois, entered into a contract with Alexander M. Bruen, of the State of Hew York, through his agents, Moore, Morton & Co., doing business at Quincy, in this State, for the purchase of the tax title-to a quarter section of land situate in said county. They paid $170 in hand, and by the terms of the contract were to pay $165 on the 1st of December 1857, and $165 on the 1st of December, 1858, and on the payment of these sums, Moore, Morton & Co. were to deliver 'to them a quitclaim deed from Bruen. It was…
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