Podbielniak v. Podbielniak

This is an appeal from that portion of a judgment order denying the plaintiff’s motion for interest and attorneys’ fees in a suit instituted as a confession of judgment. A prior appeal was decided by a Division of this Court in Podbielniak v. Podbielniak, 38 Ill App2d 451, 187 NE2d 454. The principal issues are whether plaintiff is entitled to attorneys’ fees and whether the mandate issued on the prior appeal precludes the plaintiff from asserting her claim for interest.

Plaintiff sold her interest in certain patents, patent applications and license agreements to defendant Walter J.…