Case Name: Mary J. Clark v. William W. Tull and Rebecca Tull, Appellants
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1901-01-25
Citations: 113 Iowa 143
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary J. Clark v. William W. Tull and Rebecca Tull, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 143–145

Head Matter:
Mary J. Clark v. William W. Tull and Rebecca Tull, Appellants.
1 Judgments in rem: pleading. A petition -which, declared on a', note, alleged that defendants were non-residents, and asked a writ of attachment against their property, was sufficient to. entitle plaintiff’s to a judgment against the property.
Jijp.isdiction to bender: Personal service outside of state. Personal service of a notice of a suit accepted hy defendants outside of the state more'than sixty days before default and judgment, gives the court jurisdiction to render judgment on attachment against defendant’s land.
1 New Trial: personal service outside oe state. Code, section 3796, authorizing a new trial on application of a defendant served by publication only, within two years after rendition of judgment, does not apply where personal service instead of service-by publication, was made on non-residents.
1 Form of Judgment: estoppel to complain of: Objections. Where defendants objected to a personal judgment because service-of notice was accepted outside of the state, and the judgment was so modified as to leave it in rem only, they could not complain of the court’s ruling, since the judgment was modified to-meet their objections.
2 Attachments: discharge on motion: Must be had before trial. Under Code, section 4929, which authorizes the discharge' of attached property on motion . before trial for. insufficiency of' statement, etc., a levy and sale -thereunder could not- be set. aside and discharged, on motion, after final adjudication and order of special execution and sale of the property.
Appeal from Lee District Court.-r-Hon. Henry Bank, Jr.,. Judge:
Friday, January 25, 1901.
April 4, 1899, tbé plaintiff obtained a judgment by default against the defendants. On the twenty-sixth of October 1899, the defendants moved to set aside the default and judgment. This was overruled, and on the twenty- seventh, day of December, 1899, the motion was renewed, ■and again overruled. The defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
John L. Benbow for appellants.
Casey & Stewart for appellee.

Opinion:
Sheravin, J.
The petition upon which the plaintiff recovered judgment was an ordinary one declaring on a promissory note, alleging that the defendants were nonresidents of the state, and asking a writ of attachment •against their property. Personal service of the original notice was accepted by both defendants without the state more than 60 days before default and judgment. An attachment was issued and levied, upon real estate of the defendants, and on final judgment was sustained, and special execution ordered and issued, under which the land was sold to satisfy the judgment. The judgment was renderedi April 4, 1899, and was both personal and in rem. The defendants' motion of October 26, 1899, objected to the personal judgment because service of notice was accepted out of the state. The judgment was modified so as to leave it in rem only. Defendants' motion of December 27th objected to a judgment in rem on the ground that the petition did not warrant it, and also asked that the property be released from the levy and sale because of its homestead character. Appellants are in no position to complain of the ruling on their first motion, for the judgment Avas modified to meet their objection thereto. The petition was sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to a judgment against the property.' Griffith v. Harvester Co., 92 Iowa, 634, and cases there cited. The service of the original notice gave the court complete jurisdiction to render the judgment it did. Hence the judgment was a valid one. See' same case. It is clear that section 3796 of the Code does not apply to this case, because here there was personal service outside of the state. McBride v. Harn, 52 Iowa, 79; Griffith v. Harvester Co., supra. This being true, the defendants were too late to have the default and judgment set aside. Could the levy and sale thereunder be set aside and discharged on motion? We think not. Section 3929 of the Code provides only for the discharge of attached property on motion before the trial. Surely, after a final adjudication establishing a lien and ordering a special execution and sale thereundei, the property cannot be discharged on a motion, particularly where it is based upon facts not apparent of record before. Tidrich v. Sulgrove, 38 Iowa, 339; Cox v. Allen, 91 Iowa, 462; McLaren v. Hall, 26 Iowa, 300. The motions were properly overruled. — Aeeirmed.