Gray v. Yellow Cab Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court as modified on the denial of the petition for rehearing.

This is an appeal by plaintiff to reverse an order dismissing a complaint and denying a petition to vacate that order of dismissal. The issue is whether the court abused its discretion either in dismissing the cause of action or in refusing to vacate the order of dismissal which had been entered because of plaintiff’s failure to answer certain supplemental interrogatories. There is no dispute as to the facts.

On July 19, 1964, Velma Gray, as mother and next friend of Bobby…