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vitiates the entire proceeding. The People of the State of <br />Illinois v. Fred E. Sterling, 357 111. 354; 192 N.E. 229 <br />(1934) ( "The maxim that fraud vitiates every transaction <br />into which it enters applies to judgments as well as to <br />contracts and other transactions. ") ; Allen F. Moore v. <br />Stanley F. Sievers, 336 111. 316; 168 N.E. 259 (1929) ( "The <br />maxim that fraud vitiates every transaction into which it <br />enters ... "); In re Village of Willowbrook, 37 Ill.App.2d <br />393 (1962) ( "It is axiomatic that fraud vitiates <br />everything. ") ; Dunham v. Dunham, 57 Ill.App. 475 (1894), <br />affirmed 162 Ill. 589 (1896) ; Skelly Oil Co. v. Universal <br />Oil Products Co., 338 Ill.App. 79, 86 N.E.2d 875, 883 -4 <br />(1949) ; Thomas Stasel v. The American Home Security <br />Corporation, 362 Ill. 350; 199 N.E. 798 (1935) . When any <br />officer of the court has committed "fraud upon the court ", <br />the orders and judgment of that court are void, of no legal <br />force or effect. A court may at anytime set aside a <br />judgment for after discovered fraud upon the court. Hazel - <br />Atlas Glass v. Hartford, Out of deference to the <br />deep rooted policy in favor of the repose of judgments... <br />courts of equity have been cautious in exercising their <br />power din upsetting judgments]. But when the occasion has <br />demanded, where enforcement of the judgment is 'manifestly <br />unconscionable' . . . they have wielded the power without <br />13 <br />