Melnick v. Bank of Highwood

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Melnick appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the plaintiff bank’s action to domesticate a judgment obtained via a confession of judgment clause in a promissory note executed by Melnick. Defendant also appeals from a denial of his motion for summary judgment. Held:

1. It is alleged the court erred in granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment "because no evidence of Illinois Law was submitted to the trial court demonstrating the validity in that state of a confession judgment.” Addressing the enumeration directly on the issue specified — there…