Export Insurance v. Womack

We think the question of the Court of Appeals should be answered in the affirmative. It is of course a fundamental rule of common-law jurisprudence, requiring no citation of authority, that a personal judgment can not be rendered against a defendant non-resident of the State, unless the defendant or agent of the defendant can be found and served within the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of the court. This is perhaps as strong a statement of common-law rule as can be made. However, it must be borne in mind that this rule has been subjected to so many statutory changes that the real…