Appellate Court of Illinois, 1917

S. S. Borden Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided March 20, 1917 · Barnes

204 Ill. App. 353; 1917 Ill. App. LEXIS 396

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Municipal Court of Chicago, § 19*—when judgment by default based upon defective statement of claim should be vacated. A judgment based upon a statement of claim in a tort action which fails to state the essential elements of a tort cannot stand, even where entered after defendant’s default, and should be vacated on motion.

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