(765 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 29, par. 2)
Sec. 2.
When any person, who has heretofore entered, or may hereafter enter into
any contract, bond or memorandum in writing, to make a deed or title to
land in this state, for a valuable consideration, and dies or becomes
a person under legal disability, without having executed and delivered said deed,
it shall and may be lawful for the circuit court in the county where the
land, or some part thereof, may be situated, to make an order compelling
the executors or administrators of such deceased person, or guardians
of the person under legal disability, to execute and deliver such deed to the
party having such equitable right to the same, or his
or her heirs,
according to the true intent and meaning of the contract, bond or
memorandum, and all such deeds shall be legally valid.
(Source: P.A. 83-345.)
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