Close v. Stuyvesant
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. ZBgbebt Jamieson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by John R. Stuyvesant against James B. Close, for the specific performance of the following contract: “Stuyvesant, July 22, 1887. “ James B. Close—I will exchange my Osborne county ranch, consisting of four thousand three hundred and twenty (4320) acres, clear of all incumbrances, for your equities in Wabash .avenue, Congress street and Lytle…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. ZBgbebt Jamieson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by John R. Stuyvesant against James B. Close, for the specific performance of the following contract: “Stuyvesant, July 22, 1887. “ James B. Close—I will exchange my Osborne county ranch, consisting of four thousand three hundred and twenty (4320) acres, clear of all incumbrances, for your equities in Wabash .avenue, Congress street and Lytle street properties in Chicago, incumbrances as follows: On Wabash avenue, mortgage for thirty-eight thousand two hundred and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
The pleadings and evidence on the part of the complainant. are sufficient, prima facie, to entitle him to a decree for the. specific performance of the contract alleged in the bill, and1 the questions to be considered therefore are those which arise upon the case made by the defendant. The contract sought to be specifically enforced is for the exchange by the defendant of his interest in certain pieces of real property in Chicago for about 4320 acres of land in Osborne county, Kansas, known as the complainant’s “Osborne County Ranch.” There is no controversy as to the identity, description or…
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