Goldman v. City of Chicago

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court denying plaintiff’s petition to vacate a prior dismissal of her cause of action for want of prosecution. The complaint alleges plaintiff’s personal injury occasioned by defendant’s negligence in maintaining its sidewalks. The sole issue before this court is whether the denial of plaintiff’s petition constituted an abuse of discretion.

It appears from the record that the case was called for trial by the assignment judge on October 14, 1963. The City’s attorney pleaded his…