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  "id": 2839866,
  "name": "Isadore B. Simco, Defendant in Error, v. Morris M. Mankowitz, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Simco v. Mankowitz",
  "decision_date": "1914-01-13",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 18,771",
  "first_page": "506",
  "last_page": "507",
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      "cite": "184 Ill. App. 506"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Isadore B. Simco, Defendant in Error, v. Morris M. Mankowitz, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Smith\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 19 \u2014jurisdiction to vacate confessed judgment on petition. Under section 21 of the Municipal Court Act, J. & A. If 3333, that court has power after thirty days from the entry of a confessed judgment to vacate it on petition setting forth facts which would be sufficient to cause the same to be vacated in a court of equity.\n2. Judgment, \u00a7 62 \u2014when petition to open judgment by confession states equitable grounds. A petition supported by an affidavit and stating grounds for a motion to vacate a judgment entered by confession on a judgment note and for leave to plead to the merits and defend the action, held to state facts showing petitioner entitled to equitable relief, the petition showing that the judgment note was given as part of the purchase price of an automobile, that the seller misrepresented the condition of the automobile and that the note was indorsed to the holder with knowledge of the warranty.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Smith"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Everett Jennings, Harry L. Strohm and Jennings & Fieer, for plaintiff in error.",
      "No appearance for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Isadore B. Simco, Defendant in Error, v. Morris M. Mankowitz, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 18,771.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1912.\nReversed and remanded.\nRehearing allowed November 18, 1913.\nOpinion on rehearing filed January 13, 1914.\nStatement of the Case.\nMotion presented by Morris M. Mankowitz to the Municipal Court to vacate a judgment of confession entered in that court against Morris M. Mankowitz and in favor of Isadore B. Simco on a judgment note, and for leave to defend against the action. The motion was presented more than two months after the entry of the judgment and was based on a petition supported by affidavit. From an order denying the motion, Morris M. Mankowitz brings error.\nEverett Jennings, Harry L. Strohm and Jennings & Fieer, for plaintiff in error.\nNo appearance for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number"
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