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Lord et al. v. State of Illinois

6 Ill. Ct. Cl. 301 Illinois Court of Claims Filed 1929-06-26 No. 834
Disposition: (No. 834-Claim dismissed.)
Cite as: Lord et al. v. State of Illinois, 6 Ill. Ct. Cl. 301 (1929)

EUGENE A. LORD AND JOHN D. TALBOTT, CO-PARTNERS, DOING BUSI- NESS UNDER FIRM NAME OF LORD & TALBOTT, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

The claimants failed to appear or respond to the respondent's motion to dismiss for want of prosecution, and the court dismissed the case.

Claim type: Other

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  1. EUGENE A. LORD AND JOHN D. TALBOTT, CO-PARTNERS, DOING BUSI- DISMISSAL.-When case will be dismissed for want of prosecution. Where

DISMISSAL.-When case will be dismissed for want of prosecution. Where upon motion of the Attorney General to show cause why case should not be dismissed for want of prosecution, and no appearance or response by claimant appears upon the record, the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution. LOUIS H. HANNA, for claimant. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; ROY D. JOHNSON, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE CLARDY delivered the opinion of the court:

Now on this 26th day of June, A. D. 1929, being the day heretofore fixed for the hearing of said motion, comes the State of Illinois, respondent, by its attorneys, Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General of said State, and Roy D. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General of said State; And it appearing unto the court that the State of Illinois, the respondent, having heretofore filed its motion to show cause why said case should not be dismissed for want of prosecution; And it further appearing that notice of said motion has been given to claimants in said above entitled case; And it further appearing that no appearance or response appears upon the record from the said claimants, the court is of the opinion that said claimants are in default.

Therefore, it is the order of the court that the said above entitled case is hereby dismissed for want of prosecution.

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