O'Donnell v. Henley

Plaintiff in error, Patrick J. O’Donnell, prosecutes this writ of error to review a decree of the superior court of Cook county denying specific performance of a contract entered into between him and defendant in error, Sarah A. Henley, by which the latter agreed to convey to the former, in consideration of $115,000 to be paid as provided in the contract, a certain apartment building in the city of Chicago. Defendant in error assigns a cross-error questioning that part of the decree directing her to return to plaintiff in error $5000 earnest money, which was to be applied on the purchase…