149 N.E. 227 | Ill. | 1925
The decree from which this appeal is taken must be reversed for the failure of the circuit court to follow the directions of the opinion and mandate of this court upon the reversal of an earlier decree on a former appeal, which is reported in
A bill was filed by the vendors for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. The defense was that the vendors did not have a title in fee simple to a part of the land and were therefore unable to convey the title required by the contract. The cause was heard in the circuit court of Macoupin county and a decree was entered dismissing the bill for want of equity. Upon appeal this decree was reversed and the cause was remanded, with directions to grant the relief prayed in the bill. Upon reinstatement of the cause in the circuit court, that court, instead of following the mandate, permitted a supplemental answer to be filed, to which the complainants filed a replication. The court sustained a general demurrer to the replication and again entered a decree dismissing the bill for want of equity, and the complainants have again appealed.
Where a decree is reversed and the cause is remanded with specific directions as to the action to be taken by the trial court it is the duty of that court to follow those directions, and a decree entered in accordance with such directions cannot be erroneous, however erroneous the directions may be. (Boggs v. Willard,
The decree will be reversed and the cause remanded with the same directions as on the former appeal, — to grant the relief prayed in the bill.
Reversed and remanded, with directions. *218