First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Ekanger

Review was granted in this case to determine whether a defect in an affidavit in support of service *779by publication is fatal to jurisdiction or may be cured by amendment. The Court of Appeals held that the affidavit could be cured, and affirmed the trial court's decree of foreclosure against petitioner Helen Ekanger. We affirm that holding.

Petitioner Ekanger owned a home in Kennewick subject to a mortgage in favor of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Walla Walla (First Federal). Beginning in July 1975, Ekanger failed to make her mortgage payments. During the next several months,…