Vosnos v. Wenzel

This is an appeal from an order entered in the Municipal Court of Chicago denying the petition of defendants, filed under Section 72 of the Practice Act, to vacate a default judgment and from the dismissal of their counterclaim.

Plaintiff’s statement of claim alleged substantially that George Wenzel and Elizabeth Wenzel, his wife, employed him as their attorney to represent the defendant, George Wenzel, who was charged with the crime of statutory rape and who agreed to pay him the sum of $5,000 for his services; that plaintiff represented Wenzel and succeeded in reducing the charge to that of…