David v. J. Elrod Realtors on Devon, Inc.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Ted A. David and his wife, Fe C. David, from orders of the circuit court of Cook County granting the defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and denying the plaintiffs’ alternative motions for judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment. The action was instituted by the plaintiffs to recover earnest money which they had deposited in escrow with the defendants, J. Elrod Realtors On Devon, Inc., and Phillip M. Lang. The defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings was granted on the basis that the plaintiffs had breached their real estate…