Giova v. Carrol

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants in the sum of $1,000, plus costs of the suit. The appeal raises the question of the propriety of a summary judgment under the facts of the case.

The plaintiffs failed to file an appellees’ brief which would justify a reversal of the trial court without consideration of the cause on its merits. Beinarauskas v. Beinarauskas, 90 Ill App2d 381, 234 NE2d 16 (1967); American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Bergstedt, 90 Ill App2d 381, 234 NE2d 56 (1967); Matyskiel v. Bernat, 85 Ill App2d 175, 178, 228…