Robinson v. Appleton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a hill filed by William H. Appleton and William W. Appleton, executors of the last will of James E. Cooley, deceased, in the circuit court of Rock Island county, against David B. Sears, Thomas J. Robinson, John H. Wilson, the Rock River Navigation and Water Power Company, the Rock Island Watch Company, and others. The bill was filed July 23, 1883. The bill alleges, in substance, that on or about the first day of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
This was a bill filed by the executors of the last will of James E. Cooley, deceased, for the specific performance of a contract, made by their testator with David B. Sears, since deceased, for the sale of several tracts of land. The law is-well settled, that the vendor may have a specific performance of a contract for the sale of land decreed against his vendee. (Chambers v. Rowe, 36 Ill. 171.) The remedy in cases of specific performance is mutual, so that either the vendor or vendee may avail of it. (Story’s Eq. Jur. secs. 723, 789, 790, 796; Andrews et al. v. Sullivan, 2 Gilm. 332; Burger…
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