Manias v. Yeck

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Peoria County, which dismissed the plaintiffs’ suit for specific performance.

The plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Manias, and the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Yeck, own adjoining property in Peoria. The plaintiffs contend that in June of 1950 they contracted orally with the defendants, promising to convey to them a strip of land 6 feet by no feet and pay $100 in exchange for a io-foot by 37-foot strip. Alleging part performance, they asked specific performance and other relief. The defendants resisted the suit, denying the existence of any such…