Dansby v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the service of the original process in the manner set forth in the Mississippi judgment was a valid service under the laws of the State of Mississippi. The validity and effect of a judgment of another state must be determined by reference to the laws of the state where rendered.

Art. IY, sec. 1, of the Constitution of the United States commands that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the judicial proceedings of every other state. . And the acts of the Congress enacted in the exercise of the power thus granted specifically…