Superior Partners v. Professional Education Network, Inc.

Plaintiff, Superior Partners, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County finding that certain personal property located on premises leased to defendant, Professional Education Network, Inc., was not subject to distraint for rent because, prior to its seizure under a distress warrant, the property had been sold to a third party. Plaintiff contends that the contract to sell the property was not enforceable because it violated the statute of frauds, and that, assuming that the contract was enforceable, the purported sale was fraudulent because the buyer failed to take…