Gumbin v. Alexander

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought to secure the specific performance of a contract, alleged to have been made, whereby the appellees sold the property known as the Ashland Block in the city of Chicago, for the agreed price of $4,000,-000. The bill of complaint contains a full and complete statement of the negotiations of the parties which resulted in the alleged contract. Appellees challenge the sufficiency of the allegations to support the relief, and their contentions were sustained by the District Court. Erom a decree entered in their favor, this appeal is taken.

The bill…