Moore & Howell v. Steinbock

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action arises from a petition filed by plaintiff, Moore & Howell, to register a foreign judgment under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 77, par. 88 et seq.) The circuit court sustained a motion by defendant, Robert Steinbock, a/k/a Robert S. Sinclair (hereinafter Steinbock), to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice. Plaintiff appeals that dismissal and we reverse.

Defendant cross-appeals from a judgment of the circuit court denying him relief under section 41 of the Illinois…