Johnson v. Field

Plaintiffs, William W. and Wenche W. Johnson, appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Lake County entered after a bench trial granting the post-trial motion of defendants, Richard A. and Judith W. Field, to vacate judgment for plaintiffs and entering judgment for defendants. The issue at trial was whether defendants breached an agreement to purchase plaintiffs’ home and thereby forfeited their earnest money under the real estate contract. However, we decline to address the merits of the parties’ contentions on appeal because of a lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Plaintiffs filed their…