Jones v. Matthis
| Decision Date | 27 October 1980 |
| Docket Number | I,No. 2738,Nos. 79-793,79-1225,2738,s. 79-793 |
| Citation | 45 Ill.Dec. 298,89 Ill.App.3d 929,412 N.E.2d 649 |
| Parties | , 45 Ill.Dec. 298 J. Edward JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gordon MATTHIS, Defendant, and Raymond Heinrich, Defendant-Appellee, and Worth Bank and Trust, as Trustee under Trustntervenor-Appellee. |
| Court | United States Appellate Court of Illinois |
J. Edward Jones, pro se.
Louis C. Karbiner, Chicago, for Heinrich.
Stanley M. Cahn and John J. Foster, Chicago, for Worth.
On February 16, 1979, the trial court ordered defendant landowner Heinrich to convey title to a certain parcel of real estate to plaintiff J. Edward Jones. The quid pro quo for the conveyance was Jones' payment of $11,000 to landowner. Additionally, Jones was ordered to reimburse landowner for property taxes, insurance premiums and interest which he had paid during a period of time in which Jones was collecting rents from tenants on the land. Jones was given 15 days to make payment in full in the amount of $19,978.20. Landowner promptly tendered title to the subject real estate to Jones. Jones failed to make payment as required by the order. He also failed to perfect a stay of the judgment within 30 days as required by Supreme Court Rule 305(i). Instead, Jones appealed from the trial court order. On September 15, 1979, landowner conveyed the real estate to Worth Bank and Trust (Worth Bank) which was given leave to intervene in this action.
On appeal, Jones contends that the trial court had no jurisdiction to order plaintiff to repay landowner for property taxes, insurance premiums and interest paid by landowner on the property. Intervenor Worth Bank filed a motion to dismiss the case on grounds of mootness. The motion to dismiss was taken with this case.
The motion to dismiss is granted; appeal dismissed.
The facts of this case prior to the first appeal to this court are set forth in Jones v. Matthis (1978), 58 Ill.App.3d 736, 16 Ill.Dec. 38, 374 N.E.2d 813. In conformity with our opinion in that case, the trial court on January 17, 1979, ordered plaintiff Jones to pay defendant landowner Heinrich $24,113.20, which included principal and interest owing, insurance premiums, real estate taxes and interest which landowner had paid while Jones was in possession of the land and collecting rents. An amended order was issued on February 16, 1979. That order directed Jones to pay landowner $19,978.20. It stated:
"That the 3rd party defendant (sic) shall deliver an opinion of The Chicago Title & Trust Co., showing good title in seller and the Plaintiff J. Edward Jones shall have 15 days thereafter to make payment."
On February 16, 1979, landowner tendered to plaintiff a Letter of Commitment of Chicago Title Insurance Company showing good title in landowner. Jones failed to pay $19,978.20 within 15 days as required by the February 16, 1979 order. Instead, on March 23, 1979, he appealed from that order and the order of January 17, 1979. Jones failed to perfect a stay of the judgment pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 305(i). Ill.Rev.Stat.1977, ch. 110A, par. 305(i).
On September 25, 1979, landowner sold the subject real estate to a third party, Worth Bank. On May 7, 1980, Worth Bank filed a motion for leave to intervene. The motion was granted.
On June 12, 1980, Worth Bank filed a motion to dismiss the case on grounds of mootness. By this court's order of June 30, 1980, intervenor's motion to dismiss was taken with the case.
We must first determine whether the fact that defendant landowner sold the subject real estate to intervenor subsequent to plaintiff's failure to stay the trial court's judgment has rendered this appeal moot.
Supreme Court Rule 305(i) provides that:
"(i)f a stay is not perfected within 30 days of the entry of the judgment appealed from * * * the reversal or modification of the judgment does not affect the right, title, or interest of any person who is not a party to the action in or to any real or personal property that is acquired after the judgment becomes final and before the judgment is stayed; nor shall the reversal or modification affect any right of any person who is not a party to the action under or by virtue of any certificate of sale issued pursuant to a sale based on the judgment and before the judgment is stayed." (Ill.Rev.Stat.1977, ch. 110A, par. 305(i).)
The record discloses that plaintiff failed to make payment within the designated time period or to perfect a stay of enforcement of the decree of February 16, 1979 within 30 days of its entry. The record further discloses that the property which is the subject matter of this case has been conveyed to Worth Bank, which was not a party to the original action. Furthermore, Worth Bank's interest in the subject real estate was not acquired until after...
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