Reed v. Reed

The trial court held that jurisdiction to render a decree of divorce against a party who has been served by publication according to law does not confer jurisdiction to adjudicate property rights between the parties in the case where real property, belonging to the defendant served by publication, is situated within this state. This judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. We therefore have squar-ely presented .the question of the power of a court of general jurisdiction within this state, upon process being duly served by publication according to law, to grant to a plaintiff in a…