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PARTRIDGE v. ST. LOUIS JOINT STOCK LAND BANK

No. 12191.

130 F.2d 281 (1942)

PARTRIDGE v. ST. LOUIS JOINT STOCK LAND BANK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George O. Durham, of St. Louis, Mo. (Staunton E. Boudreau and Barker, Durham & Drury, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

Hugh H. Sullivan and Paul F. Plummer, both of St. Louis, Mo. (Frank H. Sullivan and Sullivan, Reeder, Finley & Gaines, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellees.

Before GARDNER, WOODROUGH, and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in the court below prosecutes this appeal from dismissal of his action for failure to prosecute.

The suit was commenced on June 6, 1932, and had been pending in the court without being brought to trial for about nine years when the court dismissed it in May, 1941. On February 6, 1941, the court ordered it to be set down for trial May 12, 1941, and counsel were advised that it would be called for trial on that day. When...

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