Erdman v. National Indemnity Company

I respectfully dissent. Restatement, Conflict of Laws,. § 75, p. Ill, reads: “A state cannot exercise through its courts judicial jurisdiction over a person, although he is subject to the jurisdiction of the state, unless a method of notification is employed which is reasonably calculated to give him knowledge of the attempted exercise of jurisdiction and an opportunity to be heard.”

A court, by proper service of process, acquires jurisdiction over a domestic corporation. It is equally clear that in the field of conflict of laws and judgments, the validity of service of process depends upon…