Long v. Moore

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment and from the judgment entered pursuant thereto.

The material facts are not in dispute. On March 22, 1964, plaintiffs and defendant were involved in an automobile collision. At the time of the collision, defendant was a resident of the State of Minnesota. On August 29, 1964, he moved to Freeport, Illinois, as a result of an employment transfer and has resided there continuously since that time.

On April 27,1971, plaintiffs retained counsel and then learned that defendant had changed his…