ITT Thorp Corp. v. Hitesman

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff ITT Thorp Corporation filed a complaint for foreclosure of a real estate mortgage against defendant Mary Louise Hitesman and other parties not germane to this appeal. After defendant failed to appear, plaintiff obtained a default judgment for foreclosure and sale. Thereafter defendant filed an answer to the original complaint and a motion to set aside the default judgment, which was granted. After the subsequent bench trial on the merits, the circuit court of Peoria County granted judgment in defendant’s favor.

On December…