Ederheimer v. Carson Dry Goods Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Union Circuit Court; George W. Hays, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant, a St. Louis firm of merchants, shed the appellee, an Arkansas corporation, on a judgment obtained by appellants against appellee in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The defense was that the circuit court where the judgment was obtained was without jurisdiction.
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Appeal from Union Circuit Court; George W. Hays, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant, a St. Louis firm of merchants, shed the appellee, an Arkansas corporation, on a judgment obtained by appellants against appellee in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The defense was that the circuit court where the judgment was obtained was without jurisdiction. The appellee alleged “that no service of summons or process in said suit in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, has' ever been had on this defendant; and that Ike Felsenthal, at the time he was…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). The record shows that the circuit court of St. Louis is a court of general jurisdiction, and had jurisdiction of the subject-matter, and the only question presented for our decision is whether or not the finding and judgment of the circuit court of Missouri, holding that it had obtained jurisdiction by a proper service upon appellee, is res judicata.
The appearance of the appellee in the Missouri circuit court for the purpose of quashing the sheriff’s amended return of service of summons in that cause gave that court jurisdiction of the person of appellee…
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