94 N.W. 766 | N.D. | 1903
This action was to recover the amount of a running account. An affidavit for attachment, containing the statutory requirements, was made, and the proper undertaking for attachment was given and approved. All papers were filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Ransom county. A warrant of attachment, in proper form,.was issued and delivered to the sheriff of the county, who made the following return of his procedure under the warrant: “I, A. C. Cooper, as sheriff of the county of Ransom, state of North Dakota, certify that the summons, affidavit of attachment, undertaking on attachment, and warrant of attachment herein •came into my hands for service on the 5th day of July, 1902; that I served the same upon C. E. Pearson and Gilbert La Du, as executors under the last will and testament of James Adair, deceased, by leaving with them a true and correct copy of the same; that C. E. Pearson and Gilbert La Du, as executors of the last will and testament of James Adair, deceased, certify under their hands and seals that they hold a sum of money, to wit, $500, belonging to Lillian Adair, defendant.” Nothing further appears from the judgment roll to have been done by the sheriff in execution of his warrant, or in fulfillment of the directions of sections 5631, 5632, 5381, Rev. Codes. Before the issuance of this warrant of attachment, an affidavit for publication of summons was made by plaintiff’s attorney, in which it was stated that the defendant is not a resident of the state; that she has property in the state, and debts owing her from residents thereof. The sheriff’s return upon the summons shows that defendant could not be found and was unserved. The summons was published and proof'of publication made, and, on affidavit of default, a judgment was entered for the amount claimed in the complaint, with interest and costs. This appeal is from the judgment.
Personal service was not made upon defendant in this case, and she did not voluntarily appear. But the jurisdiction of thje court to enter judgment, if any existed, was secured by publication of summons pursuant to the statute. The appellant assails the judgment •as void for want of jurisdiction, on several grounds.
Iff is urged that there was no valid levy of the attachment, and consequently no property of the defendant was subjected to the jurisdiction of the court. The
This renders a reversal of the judgment necessary, and a consideration of further assignments unnecessary. The judgment appealed fiom is reversed and declared void and of no effect. All the judges concurring.