103 Minn. 466 | Minn. | 1908
Chapter 321, p. ¿09, Laws 1899, amended the third subdivision of section 4960, G. S. 1894, to read as follows: “Nor for an action against an executor, or administrator, as such. Actions must in all cases be brought in the township, village or city where plaintiff or defendant, or one of several plaintiffs or defendants reside, or where any attorney at law, who has been duly admitted to practice in the courts of this state and who represents the plaintiff in the action, resides, or at the county seat. * * *”
The amendment was to those provisions of the statute having reference to the jurisdiction of justice courts. The legislature has the power to provide in what manner actions shall be begun, and the object of limiting the places for that purpose was to prevent parties; from being taken for trial to out-of-the-way and inconvenient localities. The requirements are not unreasonable, and the court has no> jurisdiction when the statute has not been complied with. In this, case it appears from the return from the justice court to the district court that defendant Lang appeared specially and moved to dismiss, the case for want of jurisdiction, and the affidavit presented in support of the motion was sufficient- to make out a prima facie case as to the facts.
Affirmed.