Loving v. Manor Court, Inc.

Plaintiffs, Erland Loving and Margaret Loving, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Bureau County to recover their down payment on a real estate sales contract from Manor Court, Inc., Defendant. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $2,000 but pursuant to defendant’s post trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, the court set aside the jury’s verdict, entered judgment for the defendant and alternatively granted defendant a new trial if the judgment was not affirmed on appeal., On May 17, 1969, the plaintiff purchaser in a written…