Murphy v. Albany Pecan Development Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action to have contract rescinded on grounds of breach of same and fraud, and for damages. Defendants, other than John L. Wright, appear specially and move to quash the return and service of notice on non-resident defendants. The motion was sustained. Plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Pkocess: service: nonresident: foreign corporation : jurisdiction over: “agency.” — The three defendants named in the caption, other than John L. Wright, are non-residents of Iowa. Two of them are corporations. Service was had upon them by serving John L. Wright as their agent. The issues were as to whether proper service was made upon John L. Wright as agent to acquire jurisdiction of the appellees. Appellees’ motion was supported by affidavits, as was plaintiff’s resistance thereto, and both parties offered evidence of witnesses in court.
The grounds of the' motion are, in substance, that…
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