First Finance Co. v. Pellum

Plaintiff First Finance Company, judgment creditor of defendant Donald L. Pellum, instituted this wage-deduction proceeding in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant’s employer, the Department of Mental Health of the State of Illinois, pursuant to “An Act relating to wage deductions for the benefit of creditors and regulating the issuance of deduction orders” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 62, par. 71 et seq.). The Department moved to quash the wage-deduction summons and to dismiss the proceeding. The circuit court denied the motion, and in its order made findings in accordance with…