Reich v. Breed

Defendant, Nancy Breed, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County entered on December 19,1977, which granted plaintiff’s, Audrey Reich’s, petition under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 72.) In granting plaintiff’s petition, the circuit court vacated an order entered on November 9,1977, dismissing the case for want of prosecution and reinstated plaintiff’s cause of action.

The relevant facts as set forth in plaintiff’s section 72 petition and in the common law record are as follows: This controversy arose out of an alleged breach of an…