Illinois Supreme Court September 27, 1884 (Litsey v. Whittemore)

Mr. Justice Mulkey

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Floyd K. Whittemore, the defendant in error, on the 5th day of May, 1883, filed in the "Vermilion circuit court a bill in chancery, against the plaintiff in error, Edwin Litsey, to enforce the specific performance of the following contract:

“This memorandum of agreement, made this 17th day of January, 1883, between Edwin Litsey, of Kendall