Milani v. Proesel

This is a direct appeal by defendant Marion Proesel from a decree of the superior court of Cook County approving the master’s findings and ordering said defendant to specifically perform a contract for the sale of certain land owned by her to plaintiffs Dean J. Milani and First National Bank of Lake Forest.

Although the complaint originally sought only recovery of some $6,500 earnest money deposited by plaintiff Milani with defendant Ernest Dettmar as broker, the amended complaint requests specific enforcement of an alleged contract against defendant Proesel, or, alternatively, damages for its…