McCormick v. American Press Publications, Inc.

Plaintiff brought an action in fraud in a Kansas court, using its long-arm statute to obtain jurisdiction over the defendant, a New York resident. The latter chose not to appear or defend. The result was a default judgment.

Upon a summons and complaint in this court seeking to obtain a judgment here on the Kansas judgment, plaintiff obtained a warrant of attachment on defendant’s property.

This defendant now moves to vacate the attachment. The basis asserted by defendant for the vacatur is that the Kansas court did not have jurisdiction over it. But the record indicates that that court made…