Stauffer v. Held

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Calhoun County entered a judgment in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff following a jury’s verdict finding the defendants not guilty in a dram shop action. Thirty days elapsed. Neither party moved. On November 2, thirty-three days after the final judgment in the case was entered, plaintiff filed a motion for an extension of time within which to file a post-trial motion. The defendants moved to strike this petition for an extension of time on the grounds that the plaintiffs motion was not filed…