Keller v. CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.

On March 4, 1964, defendant Continental Distributing Co., Inc., a corporation, filed an action in the Circuit Court of Cook County to recover judgment by confession on a judgment note of plaintiff, Harry Keller, which was executed on August 14, 1961. The standard form of confession of judgment complaint, answer, etc. was used by Continental, and was fully completed with the exception of an omission to have an attorney sign the form waiving service and confessing the amount due Continental in the customary manner. This omission was not noticed by either the clerk of the court or the judge.…