Skivington v. Lehman

Defendant filed a petition, under Section 72 of the Civil Practice Act, seeking to vacate an order which had been entered ex parte, (1) rendering judgment against her for $6,851.40 on plaintiffs’ complaint, and (2) dismissing defendant’s third party complaint for want of prosecution. Plaintiffs and the third party defendant moved to strike defendant’s petition. From an order allowing their motions and striking the petition, this appeal has been taken.

Plaintiffs filed their complaint and jury demand on December 3, 1954. They claimed that they had contracted to buy a new house trailer from…