Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Illinois

Wedding Reception Hall Contract:
Our daughter and fiance booked a hall approx 440 days prior to the wedding date (6/2012). They have put $1200 down as per the agreement. Due to changes in plans tha wedding will take place but at later date. They are faced with cancelling the contract and possibly moving to a smaller venue due to a large change in finance abilities. the contract states on the back of the form that this is a non-refundable deposit. Just above the non-refund statement it also says that the contract is non-binding until the entire deposits have been recieved, which they have non fully recieved.
Question - what is the possibility of gaining the original deposit and or portion back from the banquet hall? the terms were printed on the reverse side of where signatures were placed and not fully realized until after the fact... Looking for diretcion. Thank you!

Asked on 4/24/11, 10:27 am

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Sounds ambiguous and ambiguities are cosntrued against the drafter so, you have a good argument for a small claims case.

Answered on 4/24/11, 4:44 pm

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