Litsey v. Whittemore

Floyd K. Whittemore, the defendant in error, on the 5th day of May, 1883, filed in the "Vermilion circuit court a bill in chancery, against the plaintiff in error, Edwin Litsey, to enforce the specific performance of the following contract:

“This memorandum of agreement, made this 17th day of January, 1883, between Edwin Litsey, of Kendall county, Illinois, first party, and F. K. Whittemore, of Sangamon county, Illinois, second party, witnesseth, that the said first party has this day bargained and sold to the second party, for the consideration of $600 cash, when deed and abstract are ready,…