Leiter v. Sheppard

The appellee, Sheppard, filed a bill for the specific performance of a contract for the purchase, by the appellant, Leiter, of the east two-thirds of lot 7, in block 54, in the original town of Chicago, situate on East Madison street, in said city, at the price of $90,000. The circuit court granted the prayer of the bill, and the defendant, Leiter, appealed.

The west half of the premises, or middle third of original lot 7, belonged to one Sandford Johnson in his lifetime. He died on or about April 10, 1873, leaving a will, and this portion owned by him passed to his devisees under the fifth or…