Lannon v. Lamps

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action for specific performance of an option to lease real estate was dismissed at the close of plaintiff’s case for want of equity, and plaintiff appeals.

According to the record, the facts are not in dispute. In 1964 plaintiff R. J. Lannon, Jr., an attorney, and Don Wilmot paid *10 to August and Edward Toedter for a one-year option to lease seven acres of farm land for a term of 99 years. The Toedter farm was situated at the southwest corner of the intersection of Interstate 80 and Illinois Route 51, and plaintiff said he…