BULIK v. ARROW REALTY, INC.

No. 88-0470.

148 Wis.2d 441 (1988)

434 N.W.2d 853

Joan BULIK and Sylvia Sabol, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. ARROW REALTY, INC. OF RACINE, Defendant-Appellant, ZAYRE CORPORATION, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Rapids Drive Shopping Center, Inc., and Belz Investment Corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Charles H. Bohl and Rebecca Leair of Frisch, Dudek and Slattery, Ltd., of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas W. Tollaksen of Foley, Dye, Foley & Tollaksen, S.C., of Racine.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


BROWN, P.J.

This is a review of a $250,000 default judgment against Arrow Realty, Inc. of Racine (Arrow). Although Arrow raises several arguments, we hold that the case is controlled by the first issue—the effect of the failure to name Arrow in the original summons. Because personal jurisdiction is acquired by personal service of a summons naming the served party as a defendant and because Arrow was not named as a defendant in the summons, the judgment against...

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