Kalthoff v. Deere and Company

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court granting a motion of defendant Deere and Company to quash an affidavit of service and dismiss proceedings upon the ground that the attempted service of a summons upon that defendant was ineffectual.

The plaintiff’s cause of action is one for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained while working on a Model 30 John Deere combine manufactured by defendant company. Although the complaint does not specifically allege facts showing that defendant committed a tort in whole or in part in Minnesota against a Minnesota resident, or…