Bright v. Williams

Defendant insists that his motion made with the answer filed in May should have been sustained for that the purported personal service on 17 April had no validity, Green v. Chrismon, 223 N.C. 724, 28 S.E. 2d 215, and that the order of 24 April for service by publication, having been made more than thirty-one days after the order for the attachment, likewise is ineffective. G.S. 1-440.7.

If it be conceded that neither defendant nor his property were subject to the jurisdiction of the court when he entered his special appearance and moved to dismiss in May, no objection has been taken or reason…