Wolfs v. Challacombe

MASON, Justice.

This appeal by plaintiff and cross-appeal by defendants both have to do with the means employed by plaintiff to acquire personal jurisdiction over defendants under the provisions of the Iowa nonresident motorist statutes which govern commencement of actions against nonresidents for damages caused by operation of a motor vehicle within this state.

These statutes appeared in sections 321.-498 through 321.507, the Code, 1966. With the exception of. the last paragraph of section 321.500, they remain unchanged in the Code 1973.

August 16, 1971, Earl E. Wolfs filed a petition at law in…