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CITY OF CHICAGO v. YELLEN

No. 1-00-1309.

757 N.E.2d 510 (2001)

325 Ill. App.3d 311

258 Ill.Dec. 821

The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathan YELLEN and Marie Yellen, Defendants-Appellants (Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank, and Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCoy, Kula & Wiemerslage, Chicago (Kim L. McAllister, of counsel), for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Council of the City of Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Valerie Quinn, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

In an action for demolition, an owner of the building failed to appear for trial, and the court entered the judgment sought. The owner argues that the record does not show proper service of summons on her. We hold that because the record includes no evidence that the clerk of court ever signed or sealed a summons to the owner, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter judgment against the owner who failed to appear...

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