Phillips v. Trusheim

More than three years after the service of summons upon Alvin C. Trusheim, judgment was entered against him. Later he successfully moved to vacate the judgment upon the ground that there was no jurisdiction to render it, and the question for decision concerns the right of the court to make the order in his favor.

William E. Phillips and his wife, the appellants, sued to quiet title to 80 acres of land. They named as defendants Wofford T. Caldwell and Vera C. Caldwell, the owners of the property adjoining on the west, and Trusheim, the neighbor on the east. The purpose of the litigation is to…