Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital v. Kroncke

This case involves the constitutionality of the 1955 amendment to section 41 of the Municipal Court Act, which reads: “Provided that in cases in which the cause of action arose within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago summons may be served upon a defendant not residing within the corporate limits of the City of Chicago wherever he may be found in the State, by any person authorized to serve writs.” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 37, par. 396.

On December 10, 1956, plaintiff hospital corporation filed a fourth class action in the municipal court of Chicago by which it sought to recover…