Commercial National Bank v. Bruno

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Peoria County which denied a petition of Iolanda B. Bruno and Santo Di Pietro Bilotti, the respondents, to vacate a judgment which had been entered in favor of the Commercial National Bank of Peoria, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner.

On April 9, 1975, Sam Bilotti died intestate. On April 29, 1975, the petitioner bank filed a petition for letters of administration in the decedent’s estate; however, prior to this filing the respondent Santo Di Pietro Bilotti was contacted by the trust administrator of the bank and a meeting between…