Hunstock v. Estate Development Corp.

A decree of foreclosure which orders the sale of real property to satisfy a note secured by a mortgage, and also gives the mortgagee a judgment for any deficiency, is challenged solely upon jurisdictional grounds. The determinative question for decision is whether service of process may be made upon a domestic corporation, within the authorization of section 373 of the Civil Code, by mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to the Secretary of State.

The appellant, Estate Development Corporation, a domestic corporation, is the maker of the note and mortgage sued upon. The instruments were…