First Wyoming Bank, N. A. Rawlins v. Trans Mountain Sales & Leasing, Inc.

ROSE, Justice.

This appeal concerns itself with these three related issues having to do with Wyoming’s long-arm statute: (1) May a Wyoming court exercise in personam jurisdiction over an out-of-state guarantor of a loan made by a Wyoming bank? (2) Does out-of-state personal service require an affidavit under Rule 4(f), W.R.C.P.? and (3) Does out-of-state personal service by a sheriff require appointment of the foreign sheriff under Rule 4(c)(2), W.R.C.P.?

We shall answer the first question affirmatively and the second and third questions negatively.

This appeal also involves two issues of…