Coleman v. Scott

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on January 5, 1965, by a magistrate of the circuit court, municipal division, in the amount of $10,000, and from an order denying a subsequent petition to vacate the judgment.

On March 31, 1959, an action for damages for personal injuries was filed by the plaintiff against the defendant. Thereafter the defendant filed an answer. On September 23, 1964, the case came on for trial and was held to the following day for the defendant’s attorney to appear. On September 24, 1964, a default order…