Lebanon Trust & Savings Bank v. Ray

The Circuit Court of St. Clair County entered a default judgment against appellant in a replevin action wherein plaintiff replevied an automobile which was in appellant’s possession. Seven months after that order was entered appellant filed a petition for relief from judgment, which petition was denied whereupon appellant initiated this appeal. On appeal appellant claims that the trial court never obtained jurisdiction over her and that the default judgment should therefore be vacated.

The facts in this case are somewhat bizarre. On March 12, 1970 plaintiff filed a complaint in replevin…