SEARS v. SEARS

Nos. 53138, 53186 cons.

85 Ill.2d 253 (1981)

422 N.E.2d 610

GERALD A. SEARS, Appellant, v. CONDE S. SEARS, Appellee. — NANCY DRAFZ, Appellant, v. PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Bonner, of Neumark & Bonner, and Larry R. Kane, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Bentley, Du Canto & Doss, of Chicago (Owen L. Doss, of counsel), for appellee.

Asher, Goodstein, Pavalon, Gittler, Greenfield & Segal (Eugene I. Pavalon, of counsel), and Cooney & Stenn, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, James R. Pancheri, and Stephen R. Swofford, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated cases involve successive post-judgment motions which merely repeat what was set forth or could have been set forth in the first post-judgment motion. The questions they raise are whether the circuit court can allow such a motion and whether filing one extends the time for appeal. These unrelated cases in which we granted leave to appeal involve orders entered by the...

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