Berzana v. Mezyk

The issue presented is whether, in the Municipal Department, a judgment entered in the court’s minute book but not upon the half-sheet has been “entered of record” for purposes of Supreme Court Rule 272 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 272). A half-sheet is a document kept in the court file, upon which is entered a “memorandum of papers filed, proceedings, orders and judgments.” Circuit Court of Cook County Rule 0.3(b).

On March 1, 1974, the plaintiff, Stanley Berzana, filed a complaint against the defendant, Kasimer Mezyk, in the municipal department of the circuit court of Cook County…