Klein v. Steel City National Bank

Plaintiff, Carl L. Klein, appeals from an order entered by the trial court which severed a previously consolidated law action filed by Klein from a municipal action filed by defendants, Steel City National Bank, as trustee under trust No. 894, and 4544-50 Partners, against Klein; and which granted defendants’ section 2—1401 motion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2—1401) to vacate a dismissal for want of prosecution order (the DWP order) as to the municipal action. The municipal action was predicated on an office lease executed on October 31, 1980, by Steel City, as lessor, and Gerhardt…