FENNEMA v. VANDER AA

No. 41412.

42 Ill.2d 309 (1969)

247 N.E.2d 409

GILBERT FENNEMA, Appellee, v. MICHAEL T. VANDER AA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LORD, BISSELL & BROOK, of Chicago, (R.R. McMAHAN and RICHARD E. MUELLER, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM M. FREEMAN, of Lansing, for appellee.


Appellate Court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 6, 1959, the plaintiff, Gilbert Fennema, filed in the circuit court of Cook County a complaint which sought to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile collision. On April 28, 1964, the plaintiff failed to appear for a pretrial conference, and the case was dismissed for want of prosecution. On January 6, 1967, more than two and...

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