Van Dam v. Van Dam

This cause reaches this court as the result of the allowance of the petition of Juel N. Van Dam (hereafter called the plaintiff) for leave to appeal from the judgment entered by the Appellate Court for the First District, reversing an order of the city court of Blue Island, refusing to vacate a divorce decree which it had entered in her favor.

The action originated on August 9, 1958, when plaintiff commenced her suit for divorce against Raymond C. Van Dam (hereafter called the defendant) by filing a praecipe for summons with the clerk of the city court. Summons issued and on the day following…