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LINGERMAN v. ELGIN, JOLIET & EASTERN RY. CO.

Gen. No. 47,519.

24 Ill. App.2d 1 (1959)

163 N.E.2d 854

Francis X. Lingerman, Appellee, v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company, a corporation, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied February 3, 1960.

Released for publication February 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevenson, Conaghan, Velde, Hackbert, Rooks and Pitts, of Chicago (Harlan L. Hackbert and Robert L. Hesse, of counsel) for appellant.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for appellee.

JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal is taken from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County setting aside a dismissal for want of prosecution and reinstating the case, which order was entered upon motion and petition filed more than thirty days after the entry of the order of dismissal.

From the record before us it appears that on January 10, 1955 plaintiff filed his complaint under the Federal Employers' Liability Act seeking...

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