Motor Insurance v. Burns

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County setting aside a previous entry dismissing this cause for want of prosecution.

The transcript discloses that on October 2, 1965, the plaintiffs, appellees herein, Motor Insurance Corporation and Brilla Goins, filed their petition in the Court of Common Pleas against the defendant, appellant herein, Burton Burns. Summons was issued and on October 25, 1965, the defendant filed his answer. No further action was taken in the case until November 1,1967, when the court, after notice to the parties and pursuant to E. C.…