Farley v. Blackwood

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this matter, defendant filed a notice of appeal from a default judgment entered in a forcible entry and detainer proceeding awarding possession to plaintiff and from orders denying a motion for a stay of execution and to vacate the default judgment. On appeal, the following issues are presented: (1) whether the default judgment is void for want of in personam jurisdiction; (2) whether it was error to have denied defendant’s motion for a stay of execution; and (3) whether defendant’s motion to vacate the default judgment was…