Style Builders, Inc. v. Fuernstahl

Defendants appeal from an order denying a motion for stay of execution of a judgment by confession and for leave to file a counterclaim. The order was entered after a return of a mandate issued pursuant to an opinion of this court in a prior appeal in this case. Style Builders, Inc. v. Fuernstahl, 21 Ill.App.3d 898, 315 N.E.2d 923.

Plaintiff had contracted to remodel the home of defendants, who gave plaintiff their promissory note which included a confession of judgment clause. Thereafter, plaintiff obtained a judgment by confession on the note in the Circuit Court of Cook County. In an…