Harkness v. Hyde

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• holding a special appearance to contest the propriety of service of process will not be a waiver of such an objection
• a defendant does not waive an illegal service of process by making a special appearance to move for dismissal on that ground, but does so “where he pleads to the merits in the first instance, without insisting upon the illegality.”

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