Midwest Home Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Ridgewood, Inc.

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• notice of appeal filed on behalf of corporation by person not entitled to practice law held to be a nullity
• notice of appeal filed on behalf of corporation by person not entitled to practice law held to be a nullity
• secretary of corporation could not pursue an appeal without retaining an attorney; “[a]n opposite conclusion would condone the unauthorized practice of law by a corporate litigant through layman agents”
• where proceedings in a suit are instituted by a person not entitled to practice law in Illinois, such proceedings are a nullity and the suit will be dismissed; if the cause has proceeded to judgment, the judgment is void and will be reversed
• where proceedings in a suit are instituted by a person not entitled to practice law in Illinois, such proceedings are a nullity and the suit will be dismissed; if the cause has proceeded to judgment, the judgment is void and will be reversed

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