Larner-Diener Realty Co. v. Fredman

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Action for specific performance of a contract to sell real and personal property, a hotel (“Hotel Steven”) and personal property used in the operation thereof at Granite 'City, Illinois. Defendants, vendors in the contract, filed answer, and a counterclaim for $16,175 actual and $60,000 punitive damages, alleging that plaintiffs were defendants’ agents and entered into the contract by their straw party, one Mamie Alton, and failed to disclose that they, plaintiffs, were the real purchasers. The trial court entered a .decree of specific performance, ordered defendants…