Johnston v. United Presbyterian Church

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court;

Plaintiff appeals the granting of defendants’ motion to quash service of process for lack of in personam jurisdiction and the dismissal of his action without leave to amend. On appeal, he contends that his action was improperly dismissed because the evidence established that defendants transacted business in the State within the meaning of the Illinois long-arm statute.

It is alleged in plaintiff’s complaint 1 that defendant United Presbyterian Church (Church) operates under the law of New York, and defendant William P. Thompson…