Thompson v. Bronson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Knox County County Circuit Court, Turner, J. The court had no jurisdiction. — Rev. stats, sect. 3481; Bank v. -Knox, 47 Mo. 333 ; Graham v. Ringo, 67 Mo. 324. A plea to the jurisdiction and an answer to the merits may be joined. —Byler v. Jones, 79 Mo. 261.
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, J.
The first point arising upon this record, which we are called upon to consider, is whether the court below had jurisdiction of the person of the defendant.
It is an action of claim and delivery of personal property, instituted in Knox county, and the answer of defendant, among other defences, contains a plea to the jurisdiction of the court, stating, that at the time when the suit was commenced, the plaintiff and all the defendants were not residents of Knox county, but of Lewis county in this state.
It appears by the sheriff’s return, and by the uncon*457troverted testimony, that the property…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Byler v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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