Smith v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district eonrt for St. Louis county to dissolve a partnership between plaintiff and defendant Smith and for an accounting and, pending the accounting, for the appointment of a receiver of the assets belonging to them and to recover from each of the defendants the amount which should be found due plaintiff as a result of the accounting.
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Action in tbe district eonrt for St. Louis county to dissolve a partnership between plaintiff and defendant Smith and for an accounting and, pending the accounting, for the appointment of a receiver of the assets belonging to them and to recover from each of the defendants the amount which should be found due plaintiff as a result of the accounting. Defendants appeared specially and moved the court to set aside the service of summons upon them and to dismiss the action, upon the ground that the court had no jurisdiction thereof. The -motion was heard by Dancer, J., and denied, with leave to…
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff brings this action against defendant Grace, a resident of Wisconsin, and defendant Smith, a resident of California. Summons was personally served without the state. Defendants moved to set the service aside, on- the ground that the court could acquire no jurisdiction by this mode of service.
The allegations of the complaint are, in substance, as follows:
Plaintiff and defendant Smith made an agreement that they would -each use their efforts, time, and money to acquire an interest in certain mineral lands, and to that end they employed defendant Grace as their attorney. Pursuant to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Arndt v. GriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Boswell's Lessee v. OtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Sache v. WallaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Minnesota Debenture Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hook v. HoffmanArizona Supreme Court · 1915
- Jasperson Ex Rel. Drew v. JacobsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Curran v. NashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Wipperman Mercantile Co. v. JacobsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- In re the Trust Created by HillDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1990
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