BROWN v. DROVERS NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO

No. 76-9.

370 N.E.2d 30 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 593

12 Ill.Dec. 407

Catherine BROWN, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Brown, Deceased, and as mother and next friend of Chandra Brown, a minor, and guardian of Pearla Mae Johnson, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DROVERS NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, as Trustee under Trust 67358, and Regina Salack and Thomas Salack, as Trustees and Beneficiaries of Trust 67358, and Unknown Beneficiaries of said trust as additional owners thereunder, and Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

November 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Earl Sherman, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Winger, James K. Toohey, Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, Chicago, for defendants-appellees.


STAMOS, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Catherine Brown et al., appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which denied plaintiffs' motion to vacate a prior order dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for want of prosecution. Plaintiffs' petition to vacate the dismissal was filed pursuant to section 50(5) of the Civil Practice Act. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1973, ch. 110, par. 50(5).)

The sole issue presented for review is whether the aforementioned petition is substantially...

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