Cohn v. Gnippe

This appeal arises from an action brought pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 77, par. 88 et seq.) to register in Illinois a default judgment entered against defendants, Erwin Gnippe and Edith Gnippe, by the Supreme Court of New York. On December 13, 1978, the circuit court of Cook County found defendants failed to prove that the New York court lacked jurisdiction or that they had satisfied the New York judgment. The court entered an order making the judgment personally binding on defendants.

The issues presented for review are (1) whether…