Dammann v. Connolly
Appellate Court of Illinois
Judgment by confession. Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Edgar Eedredge, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. On October 12, 1906, Dennis V. Connolly, as administrator of the estate of Catherine Connolly, deceased, obtained a judgment by confession against Heinrich Dammann and Dora Dammann for $1,686 and costs.
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Judgment by confession. Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Edgar Eedredge, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. On October 12, 1906, Dennis V. Connolly, as administrator of the estate of Catherine Connolly, deceased, obtained a judgment by confession against Heinrich Dammann and Dora Dammann for $1,686 and costs. An execution was issued upon said judgment and levied upon lands in LaSalle county, and.the same were sold by the sheriff under said execution to said Dennis V. Connolly for $1,000, and said execution was returned satisfied in part. Thereafter the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
The affidavits filed by the defendants in support of their' motion to open the judgment and for leave to plead were insufficient to entitle them to that relief. They were so vague and uncertain in their allegations that it may well be doubted whether they would have authorized the opening of the judgment if it had been in favor of MacKinlay, the payee. But these affidavits did not dispute that defendants knowingly executed these notes for a supposed indebtedness from themselves to MacKinlay for a part of the purchase price of the real estate, to secure which note they at the same time…
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