Welsh v. Jakstas

Appellants, Cora H. Welsh, Kathryn Davlin and Maud Gussenhoven, as plaintiffs, filed a suit in the circuit court of Lake County against Peter Jakstas and Emily Jakstas, his wife, in a forcible detainer suit. The appellants were successors in title to property belonging to the Mineóla Hotel and Land Company, a corporation, which was dissolved and which had leased the premises to the defendants. Peter and Emily Jakstas, appellees, filed suit in the same court to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract for sale of the real estate arising out of the option agreement contained in…