General Growth Properties v. Oval Office, Inc.

BERREY, Judge.

General Growth Properties appeals from the trial court’s order granting a new trial to respondents. Judgment affirmed.

The facts are as follows: General Growth Properties filed its amended petition for rent and possession against defendants on November 18, 1980; on December 5, 1980, defendants filed their counterclaim against plaintiff; on January 19, 1981, plaintiff filed its second amended petition; and on May 4, 1981, Byron L. Kinder, Presiding Judge, Cole County Circuit Court disqualified himself and assigned Hon. Ralph H. Duggins, Associate Circuit Judge, to hear the case.…