Rivan Die Mold Corp. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court granting summary judgment solely on the pleadings and depositions against plaintiff, Rivan Die Mold Corporation (Rivan), and in favor of defendant, Stewart-Warner Corporation (Stewart-Warner), and third party Exchange National Bank of Chicago (Bank).

The sole question for review is whether there is any genuine issue as to any material fact requiring a trial on the merits. Although a complete statement of the pleadings and discovery depositions would prolong this opinion unduly, a substantial recitation of their essence is necessitated by the…