State v. Northwestern Endowment & Legacy Ass'n
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bane County. The appeal is by the defendant from an order overruling its motion to set aside the service of the summons. The motion was based upon the papers- in the case and affidavits by J. IL Turner and A. J. Meacham. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Oole, O. J.
The defendant is- a life insurance corporation organized and doing business under the laws of Minnesota, with its office at Red Wing, in that state. Process was served upon it by personally delivering to and leaving with J. K. Turner, of Milwaukee, its agent, a true copy of the summons. The question is, Was such service sufficient to give the court jurisdiction of the defendant?
It is claimed on the part of the defendant that service could not be made upon Turner; that the facts appearing in the affidavits show that he was not its agent, so as to authorize process to be served upon…
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