Mathews v. Atlas Liquors, Inc.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court sustaining the defendant’s Section 72 motion to vacate a default judgment of $15,000 entered in favor of the plaintiff.

We reverse.

The relevant facts are as follows: Plaintiff filed a dram shop action against Atlas Liquors, Inc. on February 25, 1960. Summons was served at defendant’s place of business which was then located at 3701 South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The owners of Atlas at that time were Gertrude Mendez and Leon Mendez who forwarded the summons to their insurance company which in turn retained counsel to represent…