Power Electric Contractors, Inc. v. Maywood-Proviso State Bank

Maywood-Proviso State Bank and George Shay, defendants and counterclaimants (hereinafter “defendants”), appeal from an order entered in the law division of the circuit court of Cook County on December 16, 1976, which granted a motion of Power Electric Contractors, Inc., plaintiff and counterdefendant (hereinafter “plaintiff”), for judgment on defendants’ counterclaim. The issue raised on appeal by defendants is whether they were denied their right to a jury trial on the counterclaim.

Plaintiff, an electrical contractor, commenced this action in the chancery division of the circuit court 1 by…