Lyf-Alum, Inc. v. C & M Aluminum Supply Corp.

The question on appeal is whether the immunity from service of civil process which is generally extended to nonresident witnesses and litigants in attendance upon a court within this state should be withheld from a nonresident plaintiff in suits which are alleged to be related to the original action. The plaintiffs contend it is the modern rule that a nonresident plaintiff is not immune from service of process where he has commenced litigation if the service is made in a cause related to the subject matter of the litigation commenced by him and the service of the process is on behalf of a…