Milwaukee County v. Schmidt, Garden & Erikson

The issue raised in this appeal is: Does the service of a summons without a copy of the verified complaint on a nonresident when followed by defendant’s letter demanding a copy of the complaint and the subsequent service thereof, pursuant to such demand, confer personal jurisdiction over the defendant?

Sec. 262.12, Stats., provides as follows:

“262.12 Summons, what must accompany when served. (1) Personal Jurisdiction . . .

“ (b) When personal service is made without this state upon the defendant, a copy of the verified complaint shall accompany the summons.”

“262.16 Raising objection to personal…