Allied Productions, Inc. v. Peterson

Deen, Judge.

The appellants’ brief in this court urges that the questions for decision are whether (a) they were properly served in the Virginia action, and (b) whether they are now entitled to assert by cross action that the Virginia judgment was obtained by fraud, i. e. a conspiracy between their Virginia counsel and that of the plaintiff.

As to service, the trial court in Virginia explicitly found that there was service under Virginia’s long arm statute (§ 8-81.3 of the 1950 Code of Va. as amended). This was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The statute has been held constitutional:…