McGinley Partners, LLC v. Royalty Properties, LLC

*672 ¶ 1 The instant appeal arises from a lawsuit by plaintiff McGinley Partners, LLC, to enforce a note and guaranty executed by defendants Royalty Properties, LLC, Richard Kirk Cannon, and Meryl Squires Cannon in connection with the purchase of a horse farm. The trial court granted summary judgment to plaintiff and entered judgment against defendants in the amount of $8,320,669.43 on February *343 *673 2, 2017. Nine months after the entry of the judgment, defendants filed a petition to vacate the judgment pursuant to section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) ( 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2016)…