Court Opinion

ID: 9698929
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:04:21.85144+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:44.735546
License: Public Domain

BECKER, Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the result but dissent from the holding in Division I.
In this case the nonresident defendant was served with original notice of an in personam action. The court acquired no jurisdiction as a result of such service and defendant could safely have ignored the notice. Amendment to an in rem action or a quasi in rem action without further notice is not “reasonably calculated to give defendant knowledge of the attempted exercise of jurisdiction and an opportunity to be heard.”
It is submitted that a careful examination of the prayer of plaintiff’s original petition and the prayer of the amended petition will show the basis of the lawsuit was changed without notice. This does not comport with due process. I would reverse on this ground.