Milwaukee Elevator Co. v. Feuchtwanger

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Milwaukee Elevator Co. v. Feuchtwanger, 141 Wis. 266 (Wis. 1910)
124 N.W. 264; 1910 Wisc. LEXIS 18
Wikslow

Milwaukee Elevator Co. v. Feuchtwanger

Opinion of the Court

Wikslow, C. J.

The defendant is a nonresident of the’ state, and the summons herein was served upon him while he was temporarily in the state, in actual and necessary attendance upon court in an action to which he was a party, and hence exempt from the service of process. Upon motion the service was set aside and an order made dismissing the action with motion costs. From this order the plaintiff appeals on the' ground that, although the defendant stated that he appeared specially, his motion was not merely to vacate the service, but to dismiss the action with costs.

It is undoubtedly true that in some jurisdictions such a motion constitutes a general appearance, but this court, in Kingsley v. G. N. R. Co. 91 Wis. 380, 64 N. W. 1036, held that the identical motion made here did not constitute a general appearance. Following that case, the order appealed from must be affirmed.

By the Court. β€” It is so ordered.

Reference

Full Case Name
Milwaukee Elevator Company v. Feuchtwanger, imp.
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1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
Appearance: General or special? Appearance by a defendant specially for tlie purpose only of moving tliat the service of summons be set aside and the action dismissed with costs, does not constitute a general appearance.