Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co. v. Chicago Black Improvement Ass'n

The subject of this appeal is a default judgment in the amount of $38,158 entered by the circuit court of Cook County in behalf of plaintiff, which had filed an action against defendant to recover that sum for unauthorized use of natural-gas services. Defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in entering the default judgment, that defendant’s refusal to comply with plaintiff’s notice to produce documents was not unreasonable, that the default judgment was improperly entered because the defendant had filed a verified answer denying liability which had never been stricken,…