In Re the Estate of Boysen

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The decedent, Henry Boysen, Jr., held a mechanic’s lien on certain premises owned by one Beth Scofield in Lake County. Boysen joined with other lienors in foreclosing the property and, subsequently, at a sale held pursuant to a decree of foreclosure, Boysen bought the property.

Subsequently, Beth Scofield had conversations with one Ruth White, Boysen’s daughter, regarding Scofield’s offer to repurchase the property for Eighty Thousand ($80,000) Dollars, with Eight Thousand ($8,000) Dollars or ten percent earnest money deposit. A…