City of Chicago v. Leakas

Defendant Leakas (hereinafter “defendant”), appeals from an order of default against him, from a decree of demolition entered with respect to a building owned by him, and from the denial of his motion to quash service of summons upon him and to vacate the Decree of Demolition. He raises five issues on appeal:(1) Service by publication is not available in an action for tire demolition of a building;(2) Service by publication was jurisdictionally insufficient as the proceeding was “in personam ,” not “in rem ;(3) The affidavit upon which the service by publication was based is false;(4) Errors…