Maniez v. Citibank, F.S.B.

This case comes before us as a permissive appeal of a certified question pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308). The plaintiff, Louis Maniez, filed a complaint to foreclose a judgment lien against the defendants, Masayo Koshiyama and Robert Jolly. The circuit court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss but certified the following question:

“[wjhether a Memorandum of Judgment inaccurately describing a judgment as having been entered on a specific date can serve to create a lien as provided by the relevant statute.”

This court allowed the appeal pursuant to Rule 308.

On…