He believes that the purpose of this trip was to deliver a revision to the original loan commitment, previously delivered to Jones in St. Louis. He stated, however, that none of the negotiations of the terms of the commitment occurred outside of St. Louis. Belgeri, who was no longer employed by defendant at the time the affidavit was written, stated that during his tenure with defendant, it had no office, representative, or telephone listing in Illinois. The trial court denied defendant's motion to quash summons and dismiss. Defendant did not file a motion to reconsider.
Defendant now appeals.
A court must also consider whether its exercise of in personam jurisdiction over the nonresident violates due process. Specifically, there must be sufficient contacts between the nonresident party and the forum state so as to make it fair to require that person to defend the action in the forum state. We note herein that a split exists between various districts and divisions of our appellate court concerning the burden of proof required to establish that a defendant subjected himself to the jurisdiction of Illinois courts. 152 Ill. App. 141 Ill. App.