Zimmerman Ford, Inc. v. Cheney

Defendant, Winnie Ambrose, appeals from a judgment in the amount of $1,495, which was entered against both defendants under a confession clause in a retail installment sales contract. Thereafter this judgment was vacated and later confirmed after a hearing on the merits.

She claims there was a lack of consideration for her signature, that there was a failure by plaintiff to allege and prove its capacity to sue, and that there was a violation of the provision of the Commercial Code proscribing the signing of such contracts in blank (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 121%, par. 229).

The evidence showed…