Fagan v. Rootberg

The appellants, Samuel Fagan and Paula Fagan, his wife, filed their bill in the circuit court of Cook county seeking specific performance of a contract entered into between them and the appellees, Abraham Rootberg and Becky Root-berg, his wife, for the sale of a certain apartment house in the city of Chicago for the sum of $128,000. There is no denial of the contract or any claim that it was not knowingly and fairly entered into or that it is in any way unfair or invalid, but the appellees claim that the contract was breached by the appellants taking possession of the property before they…