Village of Maywood v. Barrett

Defendants, Reginal and Rose Ann Barrett, 1 appeal from orders entered by the trial court authorizing plaintiff, Village of Maywood (the Village), to demolish an unoccupied, single-family dwelling owned by defendants, located at 1236 S. 18th Avenue, Maywood (the Premises). The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendants’ oral motion for a continuance of the demolition proceedings. For the following reasons, the judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

The record sets forth the following events leading up to the order to demolish the…