Lettvin v. Suson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This was an action brought by a firm of attorneys to collect a balance claimed due as attorneys’ fees. A default judgment was entered against the defendants, and a subsequent motion to vacate that judgment was denied by the trial court. Defendants appeal from that judgment.

We reverse.

The complaint filed in this action alleged that the defendants had retained the plaintiff law firm to represent them in a matter before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and that defendants had refused to pay the…