Shedd v. Adamson

*358OPINION

Phillip H. Shedd, the plaintiff-appellant, sued Donald Adam-son, the defendant-respondent, in California for attorney’s fees that Shedd claimed were due him for legal services rendered to Donald and his grandmother, Frances Adamson. Shedd served Donald, a Nevada resident, by mail, as provided in Section 415.40 of the California Code of Civil Procedure,1 and obtained a default judgment against him in the sum of $3,484.39.

Shedd then sued in Nevada on the California judgment, obtaining personal service over Donald. At the trial, the Nevada court refused to give full faith and credit to…