Backman v. Nelson

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

On October 5, 1946, Clarence Baekman entered into a contract with Maybelle I. Nelson for the purchase of a farm in Winnebago county, Illinois. The contract provided that $1,000 should be paid at the time of the execution of the contract and $1,000 on December 15, 1946. The balance of the purchase price of $10,250 was to be paid on or before March 1, 1947. Clarence Baekman made the two one thousand dollar payments.

The second paragraph of the contract is as follows: “All that part of the S.E. % Sec. 24 Twp. 43 N. Range 2 East, east…