Classen v. Ripley

Mr. Presiding Justice Scheineman

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought by Lydia M. Classen, plaintiff, for specific performance of an alleged contract, whereby the defendant, Samuel M. Bipley, agreed to convey a tract of land to the plaintiff for the stipulated price of $250 per acre. After several motions pertaining to the pleadings, the circuit court has entered a final order which in effect rejects a tendered second amended complaint and dismisses the suit on the grounds that the description in the alleged contract is too indefinite, uncertain, and ambiguous to sustain a…