Schultz v. Schultz

If the judgment is in personam, it must be held invalid because no jurisdiction was obtained over the appellants.

The respondents contend that the proceedings were sufficient in rem and rely upon previous decisions of this court.

In Jarvis v. Barrett (1861), 14 Wis. *591 (syllabus), it is said:

“By the service of summons by publication pursuant to the statute, without a seizure of property by attachment, the courts of record of this state may acquire jurisdiction in an action upon contract so as to pronounce a judgment against a nonresident defendant, which shall be effectual and binding as against…