HOESLEY v. LA CROSSE VFW CHAPTER

No. 183.

46 Wis.2d 501 (1970)

175 N.W.2d 214

HOESLEY, Respondent, v. LA CROSSE VFW CHAPTER, THOMAS ROONEY POST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by N. George DeDakis of La Crosse.

For the respondent there was a brief by Arneson, Berg & Doyle and Patrick R. Doyle, all of La Crosse, and oral argument by Patrick R. Doyle.


HANLEY, J.

The sole issue before this court is whether the service of process was valid, thereby giving the trial court personal jurisdiction over the appellant.

Paragraph 2 of the respondent's original complaint erroneously refers to the appellant as "an association" and, like the summons, lists the appellant's name as "La Crosse VFW Chapter, Thomas Rooney Post." Since the appellant, although located in La Crosse, is, in fact, a corporation whose correct...

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