Schueren v. Querner Truck Lines, Inc.

Plaintiff sued defendant trucking company and others in the Circuit Court of Madison County for personal injuries sustained when struck by defendant’s truck on the Chain-of-Rocks Bridge spanning the Mississippi River at Mitchell, Illinois. A verdict was returned against the truck lines for $18,000 and judgment entered thereon. Service was had on the defendants under the Illinois Non-Resident Motorist Statute. Chapter 95½, Section 23, Illinois Revised Statutes, 1955.

A motion of defendants to quash service of summons was denied by the trial court. This motion was based on plaintiff’s failure to…