Lynge v. Kunstmann

This suit challenges the propriety of a summary judgment entered in favor of the sellers of real estate against their purchasers in the amount of $7,300 representing the earnest money as liquidated damages by the Circuit Court of Du Page County. Plaintiffs, Richard J. Lynge and his wife Dorothy, owned residential real estate in joint tenancy which they listed with Thorsen Realtors’ Lombard office on March 24, 1977. It appears that the Lynges planned to move due to a change in Mr. Lynge’s employment and it was decided that Mrs. Lynge would remain in the Lombard residence until it was sold. On…