Legal Opinion
Glorious v. Evans
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 24, 1964No. 3362PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
The question on this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing a suit for failure to prosecute.
On July 11, 1962, appellant filed a complaint against appellees for the unpaid balance on a promissory note. After service of process, appellees filed a motion for a more definite statement of claim. This motion was calendared for August 22, 1962, but appellant’s counsel, without the consent of ap-pellees’ counsel, had the case removed from the motions calendar. Nevertheless, on August 22, appellees’ counsel appeared in court and requested a…
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