MARTELL v. JEN COMPANY


643 A.2d 904 (1994)

Gregory A. MARTELL, et al. v. JEN COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Jackson, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Defendant was not represented.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA and LIPEZ, JJ.


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Gregory and Joseph Martell appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Alexander, J.) dismissing their complaint for want of prosecution. Suit was commenced in 1989. When the matter came on for trial in July of 1991, plaintiffs' counsel suggested that one of the defendants had filed a bankruptcy petition, and informally requested that the court retain the case on the docket. Plaintiffs then took no further...

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