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PEOPLE EX REL. DEP'T OF REV. v. COUNTRYMAN

No. 2-87-0162.

162 Ill. App.3d 134 (1987)

514 N.E.2d 1038

THE PEOPLE ex rel. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAMES COUNTRYMAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed October 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Eddie Santiago, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

John H. Maville, of Law Offices of John H. Maville, of Belvidere, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Illinois Department of Revenue (Department), appeals from the order of the circuit court which denied its motion to reinstate its complaint against the defendant, James Countryman, after the court had dismissed the complaint for want of prosecution. On appeal, the plaintiff contends that the court abused its discretion since the record demonstrated that the plaintiff was...

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