General Electric Railcar Services Corp. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

Petitions for leave to appeal an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying motions to quash service for want of in personam jurisdiction, brought pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(1)(iii) (107 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(1)(iii)), were granted by this court to Wilmington Trust Company (WTC) (No. 1 — 90—1668) and to the National Bank of Washington (NBW) (No. 1 — 90—1669). The appeals have been consolidated, and the only issue before this court is whether the trial court erred when it ruled that, pursuant to section 2 — 209 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2…