S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt, and Alexander

PRESIDING JUSTICE CHAPMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

S. C. Vaughan Oil Company (plaintiff) appeals from the trial court’s order denying its petition under section 2—1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2—1401 (West 1998)) to vacate the judgment. We affirm.

The procedural history of this case is lengthy. It was satisfactorily outlined in the previous supreme court decision of S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt & Alexander, 181 Ill. 2d 489, 693 N.E.2d 338 (1998). That decision remanded the case to the Fifth District. We concluded in S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell,…