MANDERNACH v. GLASS

No. 2-58669.

253 N.W.2d 917 (1977)

Earl J. MANDERNACH, Appellant, v. O. J. GLASS et al., Appellees, Earl J. MANDERNACH, Appellant, v. O. J. GLASS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yaneff & Cosgrove, Sioux City, and McCullough & McCullough, P. C., Sac City, for appellant.

James W. Redmond, Gleysteen, Harper, Kunze, Eidsmoe & Heidman, Sioux City, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, RAWLINGS, REES and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether a person must be a resident of Iowa in order to use the long arm statute, § 617.3, The Code. The trial court held plaintiff's residency at the time of suit is a jurisdictional requisite. We hold it is not and therefore reverse.

The facts are agreed. Plaintiff Earl J. Mandernach filed two petitions in the district court naming O. J. Glass as a party defendant. Plaintiff's actions are based on a contract...

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