Dole v. Shaw

Appellant, Minshall Dole, filed his bill in the circuit court of Piatt county to enforce the specific performance of a written agreement for the sale of 160 acres of land in Douglas county, Illinois. By the written instrument appellant agreed to sell, and appellee, Homer E. Shaw, agreed to buy, the land. The consideration expressed in the contract was $32,000, part of which was to be paid by appellee conveying to appellant a brick barn in Bement, Illinois, which appellant agreed to accept in payment of $8000 of the purchase price. The balance was to be paid in money, viz., $3000 when…