Marshfield Homes, Inc. v. Eichmeier

*851STUART, Justice.

In cause No. 13842 in Franklin County, Eichmeier, defendant here, was plaintiff and Marshfield Homes, Inc., plaintiff here, was one of the defendants. A default judgment was entered against Marshfield for failure to appear. It brought this action in equity for a declaratory judgment seeking a determination that the default judgment in cause No. 13842 was null and void for lack of jurisdiction. The trial court held there was no valid service of notice on Marshfield because the “long arm” statute under which service was attempted was not effective until after the notice was…