Williams v. Northern Trust Co.

Plaintiff commenced a suit at law seeking the return of $2,000 earnest money paid by her upon the execution of a contract for the purchase of real estate; she appeals from an adverse decree and states that the sole question is the propriety of the trial court in treating and deciding the cause according to the practice in chancery.

In the contract the seller was described as the Northern Trust Company, trustee; it provided that the earnest money should be held in escrow by the Northern Trust Company.

This defendant filed an answer denying that it had entered into any contract with the…