Fond du Lac Cheese & Butter Co v. Henningsen Produce Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ArPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Fond du Lae county: Chesteb A. Fowdek, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation, sued defendant, a corporation of, and located in, Montana, and not engaged in business -in Wisconsin, for a consignment of butter ordered from the plaintiff by mail and delivered free on board cars at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Service of summons was made upon A. P. Henningsen, treasurer and manager of defendant corporation, at Fond du Lac.
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ArPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Fond du Lae county: Chesteb A. Fowdek, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation, sued defendant, a corporation of, and located in, Montana, and not engaged in business -in Wisconsin, for a consignment of butter ordered from the plaintiff by mail and delivered free on board cars at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Service of summons was made upon A. P. Henningsen, treasurer and manager of defendant corporation, at Fond du Lac. Judgment was entered default. Defendant thereafter appeared specially, and moved upon affidavits to set aside and declare…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
It is of course true that the courts of this state cannot acquire jurisdiction over persons not present in the state, except for the purpose of adjudicating with reference to property or status here located. This is an inherent limita-. tion upon the power and jurisdiction of the state under our form of government, and cannot be escaped by reason of local statutes declaring such power. Jarvis v. Barrett, 14 Wis. 591; Smith v. Grady, 68 Wis. 215, 31 N. W. 477; Witt v. Meyer, 69 Wis. 595; 35 N. W. 25; Renier v. Hurlbut, 81 Wis. 24, 50 N. W. 783; Moyer v. Koontz, 103 Wis. 22, 79 N. W. 50; Maxcy…
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