Esczuk v. Chicago Transit Authority

Plaintiff appeals from a denial of her petition to reinstate the case after a dismissal for want of prosecution when she failed to appear for pretrial.

Plaintiff’s verified petition, to which defendants did not file an answer or a motion to strike, was filed under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill Rev Stats 1963, c 110, § 72) and stated that the case was called for pretrial conference on January 18, 1965; that plaintiff had no knowledge of the pretrial and did not attend; that because plaintiff failed to attend the case was dismissed for want of prosecution; that neither plaintiff nor…