Fields v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Boggs
The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the order and judgment of the circuit court of Cook county denying the motion presented by the appellant to vacate a judgment entered against her in open court on entry of her appearance and confession of judgment by virtue of an alleged warrant of attorney purporting to authorize such confession. The amount of the judgment is only $370, but the Appellate Court granted a certificate of importance, and this is an appeal perfected to this court to review the judgment of the Appellate Court.
The warrant of attorney was incorporated in a lease…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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