American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Bus

Defendants, Cemcon, Ltd., and Randall Bus, appeal from an order denying their motion pursuant to section 2 — 611 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2—611) for sanctions against defendants, American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago as trustee under trust No. 45137 et al. The motion was denied because defendants did not call it for a hearing within 60 days as required by a local circuit court rule. On appeal, defendants argue that: (1) the circuit court lacked jurisdiction at the time it denied the motion; (2) the rule did not authorize the court to…