Nationwide Commercial Co. v. Knox

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an order vacating and setting aside a judgment by confession entered against the defendants. Said judgment was vacated on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction over the defendants in that the contract sued on was not executed in Cook County as required by Illinois Revised Statutes, 1971, Chapter 110, Section 50(3).

The statute involved recites the following:

“Any person for a debt bona fide due may confess judgment by himself or attorney duly authorized, without process. The application…