David Plywood & Lumber Co. v. Sloan

Plaintiff, David Plywood and Lumber Co., appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County which vacated a prior default judgment entered in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, Robert Sloan. The order of vacatur was entered upon a petition filed on behalf of defendant pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110, par. 72).

Plaintiff presents the following issues for review: (1) whether the court was without jurisdiction to enter the order vacating the default judgment; and, (2) whether the petition filed by defendant pursuant to section 72 was…