Rosee v. Board of Trade

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Bernhard Rosee (petitioner) filed a petition pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 72). The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago and various officers and members thereof (respondents) filed a motion to strike and dismiss on which the court reserved its ruling. Following evidentiary hearings, the petition was denied with prejudice. Petitioner has appealed.

In this court, petitioner urges that the trial court erred because newly discovered evidence, if known to the trial court in the…