Rasmussen v. Vance

The legal issue presently before the court is the following:

“Do the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure authorize the entry of a judgment for money only in an in personam action where the only service of process upon the defendant has been service by publication?”

In its promulgation of the Civil Rules, the Supreme Court obviously intended to make provision for service in every type of action. It is elementary that some type or method of service of process must be made in every adversary action and, therefore, the Supreme Court did not itemize every type of action and then specify a method of…