Standard Bank and Trust Co. v. Callaghan

Plaintiff, Standard Bank and Trust Company (the Bank), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County awarding a $242,404.70 deficiency judgment against defendants, David and Mary Callaghan (the Callaghans), but denying the Bank interest and attorney fees accruing after entry of a foreclosure decree in 1984. The following issues are presented on appeal: (1) whether the Bank should have been awarded statutory post-judgment interest from the date of the sheriff’s sale; (2) whether the doctrine of merger prevented the Bank from seeking additional attorney fees pursuant to the…