People Ex Rel. Covington v. Johnson

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order denying both a petition and a motion to vacate a judgment for the plaintiff finding the defendant to be the father of a male child born out of wedlock on January 3, 1959. The petition and motion were filed some five years after the judgment. The judgment was entered under the Paternity Act (Ill Rev Stats 1959, c 106%,, pars 51 to 66).

The facts are these:

On October 30, 1959, the defendant appeared in court and was called upon to answer the complaint of Geraldine Covington charging him with…