Fore v. United Insurance Co. of America

Taylor, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an Order setting aside a judgment obtained by plaintiff by default on the grounds said judgment was taken against defendant by reason of a mistake on its attorneys’ part as to the time in which to answer.

The action was commenced against the defendant, a foreign insurance company with home offices in Chicago, Illinois, by filing of the summons and complaint and acceptance of service by the State Insurance Commissioner on January 12, 1961. Several days thereafter in a telephone conversation!,’ defendant was granted a 20 day extension of time beyond…