Furst v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that when defendant has not answered, trial court acquires jurisdiction over that defendant solely on proof of proper service
• noting that the party requesting service has the responsibility to ensure that proper service is accomplished and that the record reflects proper service
• stating that “[l]ack of proof of proper service constitutes error on the face of the record that defeats the trial court’s jurisdiction”
• explaining that if defendant has not answered, trial court acquires jurisdiction over that defendant solely on proof of proper service
• noting that party requesting service has responsibility to ensure that proper service is accomplished and the record reflects proper service
• noting that the party requesting service has the responsibility to ensure that proper service is accomplished and that the record reflects proper service

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).