Hamilton v. Faulkner

This case visits us for the second time. On its first visit (80 Ill App2d 159, 224 NE2d 304), we reversed a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff for $35,000 for the reason that that record failed to show a cause of action against the defendant. Promptly upon the filing of our mandate in the trial court, the plaintiff filed a post-trial motion contending that in the original proceedings in the trial court it erred in vacating an order defaulting the defendant for want of appearance and granting leave to appear and answer. The trial court denied the post-trial motion and this appeal…