Ahlstrom v. City of Chicago

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing this case for want of prosecution, and from the order denying the plaintiff’s motion to reinstate the case.

On June 11, 1963, the case was called for trial by the assignment judge of the circuit court. At 3:45 p. m. on that day the case was assigned to Judge Pavlik for trial. Jack Levin, an attorney associated with Nat P. Ozmon, who was to be the trial attorney in this case, proceeded to the courtroom of Judge Pavlik and advised him that Nat P. Ozmon was engaged before Judge Napoli and…