Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Diligence of Service
(Court opinion corrected 10/7/14.) Court erred in entering order confirming sale of condominium in mortgage foreclosure action. Court failed to obtain personal jurisdiction over Defendant because Plaintiff failed to meet statutory prerequisites for service by publication under Section 2-206 of Code of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff bank failed to demonstrate well-directed effort to ascertain whereabouts of Defendant by inquiry as full as circumstances permitted. Defendant met burden of showing that he could have been found upon due inquiry, and court erred in disregarding Defendant's two affidavits as to his personal knowledge of his residence. Thus, service by publication is quashed. (PALMER and TAYLOR, concurring.)