Keske v. Square D Co.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the service of process made in this case was sufficient to obtain personal jurisdiction over the corporate defendant.

The threshold questions in any dispute over the adequacy of service of a summons relate not only to the very purpose of the summons which is to give notice to the defendant of the pendency of an action against him, but also to whether the appropriate statutory procedures for service have been complied with. Heaston v. Austin (1970), 47 Wis. 2d 67, 176 N. W. 2d 309. Although Square D has never asserted that it did not have actual notice…