Salvati v. Pekin Lincoln Mercury, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Pekin Lincoln Mercury, Inc., appeals from an order of the circuit court of Tazewell County which denied its motion to vacate a default judgment.

On February 17, 1975, the plaintiff, Mark Allen Salvati, filed a pro se small claims complaint in the circuit court of Tazewell County. In this pleading, he prayed for the sum of *500 plus costs for “Not complying to a verbale [sic] and a written agreement by Jim Smith at Pekin Lincoln Mercury, Inc. to me, Mark Allen Salvati about a used car deal and not holding his promise.” A…