Petrauskas v. Motejunas

Plaintiff filed suit on April 12, 1961, seeking damages pursuant to the provisions of the Dram Shop Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 43, sec. 135.) On a trial by jury the defendants Emma and John Motejunas were found not guilty on November 28, 1966. Judgment was promptly entered on the finding, as is the practice in our trial courts. A motion for a new trial was filed, continued a number of times and finally denied on March 29, 1967. On October 21, 1968, more than eighteen months after denial of the post-trial motion, the plaintiff filed what is entitled, “Motion Pursuant to Section 72 of the…