Legal Opinion
Fennema v. Vander Aa
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 18, 1968No. Gen. 52,287PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition filed under section 72 which seeks to vacate an order of dismissal of plaintiff’s personal injury action.
Plaintiff, Gilbert Fennema, a member of the volunteer fire department of the Village of South Holland, was riding in a Village fire engine, on January 10, 1958, when he was injured in a collision. Suit was commenced on April 6, 1959. An order of dismissal for want of prosecution was entered on April 28, 1964, because of the failure of any of the parties to appear for a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Armstrong v. ObucinoIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Oak Park National Bank v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1964
- McDonald v. NealeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962
- Wolder v. WolderAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961
- Washington Manufacturing Co. v. American Uniform Rental Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1966
3Cited by7 opinions
- Fennema v. Vander AaIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
- Burton v. EstradaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- American Society of Lubrication Engineers v. RoetheliAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Federenko v. Builders Plumbing Supplies, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1970
- Schaefer v. SippelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
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