Hill Behan Lumber Co. v. Bankhead

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Appellants, Hubert Bankhead and Barbara Bankhead, appeal the order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, denying their motions to dismiss. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in denying their motions to dismiss for the reason that Supreme Court Rule 54.20(b) requires an affidavit of service by an officer making a return outside the state in order to constitute proper proof of service and further, lacking proper proof of service, which was no longer curable, the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over appellants and the default judgment…