Pehr v. Metz, Train & Youngren, Inc.

Defendant, Metz, Train & Youngren, Inc. (the corporation), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County that denied its motion to quash service of a summons upon it. The corporation filed a petition for leave to appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(l)(iii) (134 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(l)(iii)), and this court granted the petition. The corporation was dissolved, and it argues on appeal that it could not be sued again in a refiled action that was filed later than five years after its dissolution.

The corporation was dissolved on November 1, 1986. On February 6, 1987, plaintiffs,…