HILL v. ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

No. 50395.

113 N.W.2d 313 (1962)

Quentin Jarvis HILL, Appellant, v. ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA and The Partlow Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson, Throckmorton, Parker, Mannheimer & Raife, Des Moines, for appellant.

Parrish, Guthrie, Colflesh & O'Brien, Des Moines, for appellee Electronics Corp. of America.

Jones & Hoffmann, Des Moines, for appellee The Partlow Corp.


GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the district court of Polk County, Iowa, obtained jurisdiction over two foreign corporation-defendants by service of notice upon the secretary of state. The Polk County court held jurisdiction was not thereby obtained and sustained the special appearances of these defendants. Plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff Hill's petition alleges he was injured May 4, 1959, by the explosion of a boiler in a plant...

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