Park v. Lehman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for specific performance. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1908.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a bill by appellee to enforce the specific performance by appellant of an alleged agreement for the extension of a lease. The chancellor entered a decree granting the relief prayed in the bill. The bill avers that appellant was the owner of a life estate in certain farm lands, and that she executed to appellee a lease of the same for the period of three years from March 1, 1905; that during the year 1906 the barn on said premises was in bad repair, and appellee applied to appellant to construct a new one, but that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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