Imperial Building Co. v. Chicago Open Board of Trade

Appellant procured a judgment by confession in the circuit court of Cook county against appellee upon a warrant of attorney contained in a lease in which appellant was lessor and appellee lessee. Thereafter appellee entered a motion to vacate the judgment and for leave to plead, but the circuit court denied the motion. The appellee thereupon appealed to the Appellate Court, and that court reversed the order and judgment of the circuit court and remanded the case, with directions to vacate the judgment and give leave to appellee to plead. (Chicago Open Board of Trade v. Imperial Building Co.…