Hallmark Personnel, Inc. v. Pickens-Kane Moving & Storage Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from the grant of defendant’s section 72 petition to vacate a default judgment. The issues presented are whether the affidavit of defendant’s attorney in support of the petition was sufficient and whether the trial court improperly assessed certain witness and attorney’s fees against plaintiff.

Plaintiff, an employment agency, filed a complaint on October 7,

1977, alleging that it obtained an employee for defendant, which did not pay the agreed standard fee for this service. The record discloses that although…