Yates v. Muir

The question on this appeal is whether the defendant, Donald S. Muir, was subject to the jurisdiction of the circuit court of Madison County under provisions of the long-arm statute, section 2 — 209 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 2—209). The circuit court of Madison County held that it had acquired jurisdiction and allowed the defendant an interlocutory appeal to the appellate court on that issue. The appellate court affirmed (130 Ill. App. 3d 604), and we granted the defendant’s petition for leave to appeal under our Rule 315 (94 Ill. 2d R. 315).

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