Corbett v. Cronkhite
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. James W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for specific performance of a contract for exchange of lands. Appellant, a banker living at Philo, in Champaign county, was the owner of a farm of 871 acres in Bond county, Illinois, which he had placed with Jason S. Williams to sell.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. James W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for specific performance of a contract for exchange of lands. Appellant, a banker living at Philo, in Champaign county, was the owner of a farm of 871 acres in Bond county, Illinois, which he had placed with Jason S. Williams to sell. The appellee was a farmer living near Rossville, Vermilion county, and owned 3080 acres in Matagorda county, Texas, which he had placed with Stephen Evans for sale or trade. Evans told Williams that he had the Texas land to sell or trade, and thereupon,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The authorities are generally agreed that an optional contract to convey land, founded on a proper and valuable consideration, may be specifically enforced upon an acceptance of the terms of the contract and a tender of the price within the time specified. (Mier v. Hadden, 118 Am. St. Rep. (Mich.) 586, and note.) This rule of law is admitted by both parties. It is contended by appellee, however, that this contract is of that class where the promisor binds himself to execute the promise on his part upon the happening of a condition, or upon the performance or payment, within a stated period of…
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