Ashley D. Ramsay v. Starlett J. Custer

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “venue, adequacy of service of process, personal jurisdiction, or other similar matters” may be waived (quoting Dixie Sav. Stores, Inc. v. Turner, 767 S.W.2d 408, 410 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1988))
• explaining that a default judgment “based on void service is a void judgment”
• reasoning that personal jurisdiction “is acquired by service of process”
• “Service of process is an essential part of a legal proceeding because the trial court’s jurisdiction of the parties is acquired by service of process.”
• “Service of process is an essential part of a legal proceeding because the trial court’s jurisdiction of the parties is acquired by service of process.”
• “[S]ervice of process that does not meet the requirements of Rule 4 is void and a judgement [sic] based on void service is a void judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).