Lombard v. Chicago Sinai Congregation
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a suit, by appellant, for the specific performance of a- written contract, entered into by the trustees of the Chicago Sinai Congregation September 15,1871, for the sale, by said corporation to appellant, of certain parcels of land in Chicago, upon which there was at the time a church edifice, containing seats and a church organ, specifically embraced in the contract, for an…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a suit, by appellant, for the specific performance of a- written contract, entered into by the trustees of the Chicago Sinai Congregation September 15,1871, for the sale, by said corporation to appellant, of certain parcels of land in Chicago, upon which there was at the time a church edifice, containing seats and a church organ, specifically embraced in the contract, for an entire consideration of $62,500, to be paid by appellant as follows: $2500 as earnest money at the time of executing the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This was a bill, by appellant, as purchaser, for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of certain parcels of land, a church edifice thereon and contents, including a church organ, for the entire consideration $62,500, of which $2500 were paid down. Between the agreement and the exercise by vendors of an option given them, in case legal' objections should be made to their title, to declare the agreement canceled or to make their title good, a casualty occurred, by which building and contents, of the value of about $15,000, were destroyed by fire.
The bill sought specific…
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