Kropp Forge Co. v. Jawitz

This is an action for contract damages. Defendant, Harry Jawitz, a nonresident, appeals from a $2600 judgment entered against him in a nonjury trial in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois.

Two principal questions are presented: (1) whether the nonresident defendant transacted “any business” within the State of Illinois sufficient to submit defendant “to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state”; and (2) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain plaintiff’s judgment.

• Personal service of summons was made on defendant outside of the State of Illinois (§ 16, Civil Practice Act).…