Legal Opinion

Gatton v. Page

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 23, 1976No. 76-76PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Joseph M. Gatton appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County which denied him specific performance of a contract for the sale of a lot in Dunlap Lake Subdivision entered into between him and defendant Gussie McClelland. The court also refused to issue any injunction prohibiting McClelland from executing a conveyance to the same lot to defendant William Page.

On June 25-26,1975, Joseph Gatton and Gussie McClelland executed a sales contract for the purchase by Gatton of Lot 51 in Dunlap Lake Subdivision for *5500.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Staley v. MearsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
  3. Snyder v. PartridgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Handzel v. BassiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. LE Myers Co. v. Harbor Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  2. Fairways of Country Lakes Townhouse Ass'n v. Shenandoah Development Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  3. Clarendon America Insurance v. 69 West Washington Management, LLCAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
  4. Manderfeld v. KrovitzCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
  5. Draper and Kramer, Inc. v. Baskin-Robbins, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988

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