A New Mexico LLC’s attempt to collaterally attack a mortgage foreclosure judgment five years after its entry fell flat in US Bank v. Laskowski, 2019 IL App (1st) 181627. The case discusses the elevated level of proof required to successfully contest service of process when the property rights of a bona fide purchaser for value …
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Don’t Confuse Joint Tenancy with Tenancy-By-Entirety Ownership – Indiana Court Cautions
Title to real estate is typically held in one of three ways: tenancy in common, joint tenancy and tenancy by the entirety. The salient characteristic of tenancy in common is that each owner holds a ½ interest in the property and that upon an owner’s death, his/her share passes to his/her heir. Joint tenancy’s hallmark …
Hotel Registration Data Considered Computer-Stored and Computer-Generated Business Records – IL Appeals Court
Super 8 and Motel 6 registration records take center stage in an Illinois appeals court’s discussion of the razor-thin difference between computer-stored and computer-generated business records. In People v. Schwab, 2019 IL App (4th), a sexual assault defendant argued the trial court erroneously admitted his hotel check-in records during a jury trial that culminated in …