Metcalf v. Altenritter

Defendants, Theodore and Rena Altenritter, appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Madison County granting possession of certain property to the plaintiffs, pursuant to the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 57, par. 1 et seq.), and denying defendants’ counterclaim to have plaintiffs’ deed to the property declared a mortgage. See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 95, par. 55.

Plaintiffs have filed in this court a motion to dismiss defendants’ appeal, arguing that notice of appeal was not filed in accordance with section 18 of the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act. (Ill. Rev.…