Rath v. Degener

Appellant, Henry L. Degener, was made defendant in a bill in equity for specific performance filed by appellees, Fred Rath and Lillian Rath, his wife, in the circuit court of Cook county. Issue was joined and the cause referred to a master in chancery, who recommended that the bill be dismissed for want of equity. Objections to the master’s report were overruled and allowed to stand as exceptions. No evidence was offered or received by the chancellor and no order was entered either sustaining or overruling the exceptions. A decree was entered adopting the findings of fact but rejecting the…