Board of Trustees v. Bakalis

Defendants filed this interlocutory appeal from an order directing them to deposit the sum of *2,502,538.77 with the clerk of the circuit court, to be held until further order. On appeal, defendants contend that the court abused its discretion in entering the order because: (1) the circuit court lacked the jurisdiction needed to entertain the action; (2) the order failed to meet specific statutory requirements; and (3) plaintiff failed to sufficiently establish the necessity of the remedy.

The following facts are pertinent to the disposition of this appeal.

On September 26,1977, plaintiff filed a…