Proudfoot v. Wightman

This was a bill in equity, brought by William Proudfoot, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against John Wight-man, to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of two five acre lots, in the county of Cook. Upon the hearing, the court entered a decree dismissing the bill for want of equity, to reverse which the complainant in the bill has prosecuted this appeal.

The contract upon which appellant relies, was executed on the 13th day of February, 1868, and was in the following language:

“Received of William S. Proudfoot $10, part pay on purchase of ten acres of land,…