McFarlane v. Cornelius

73 P. 325, 43 Or. 513, 1903 Ore. LEXIS 87
CourtOregon Supreme Court
DecidedJuly 27, 1903
StatusPublished
Cited by17 cases

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Bluebook
McFarlane v. Cornelius, 73 P. 325, 43 Or. 513, 1903 Ore. LEXIS 87 (Or. 1903).

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice' Moore,

after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

At the trial the plaintiff introduced in evidence his chain of title to the premises, and also gave testimony tending to prove the allegations of the complaint, and rested, whereupon, the defendant, to support the averments of the answer. offered in evidence a judgment roll from Department No. 2 of said court, in the divorce suit of Elizabeth Mc-Farlane, as plaintiff, against the plaintiff herein, as defendant, purporting to decree to her an undivided one third of said lots, and also offered in evidence a deed executed by her September 12,1902, designed to convey said interest to him. An objection to the introduction of said roll, on the ground that the court granting the decree had no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant therein, because the affidavit for the service of the summons by publication was insufficient to support the order therefor, and that the proof of such service was not made within the time prescribed by law, having been sustained, an exception was allowed, and it is contended by defendant’s counsel that an error was committed in this respect. The affidavit referred to, omitting the formal parts and copy of the complaint, is as follows:

“ I, Elizabeth McFarlane, being first duly sworn, say that I am the plaintiff in the above-entitled cause and court; and that the above-named defendant is now, and was during all the times hereinafter mentioned, a resident and inhabitant of this state, and of Marion County therein ; and that he has departed from said State of Oregon, and has remained absent from said state for six consecutive weeks last past, and still so remains absent therefrom; that said [516]*516defendant, after due diligence, cannot be found within said state.
That said plaintiff, on the 24th day of February, 1899, duly filed her verified complaint herein, and upon said date placed in the hands of the Sheriff of Marion County, Oregon, a summons in said cause and court, together with a copy of said complaint duly certified to, as by law required, by Webster Holmes, one of plaintiff’s attorneys herein ; and that said sheriff made diligent search for said defendant in his county, and that said defendant could not be found therein; and that said sheriff, in substance, made his return to that effect.
That a cause of suit exists in favor of said plaintiff and against said defendant, as appears by her complaint on file herein, a copy of said complaint of which the following is a true copy in words, letters and figures, to wit: [Here follows a copy of the complaint, filed February 24, 1899, in which it is alleged that the plaintiff and defendant therein intermarried, January 11, 1874, that since that time they had lived and cohabited together as husband and wife until about February 23, 1899, and that they were then actual residents and inhabitants of said county.]
That said plaintiff has made diligent search and inquiry to ascertain the whereabouts of said plaintiff, and that she cannot find him or locate him in said state, and has been informed, and believes, and therefore states it to be a fact, that said defendant has departed from said state and taken passage for Ontario, Canada; and that he departed from the state, as aforesaid, on the 25th day of February, 1899 ; and that said plaintiff, at this time, believes he is temporarily located at the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and that said Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is his last known postoffice address; and that personal service of summons could not have been made during any of the times mentioned herein upon said defendant in this state; and that personal service at this time cannot be made or had upon him in this state.
That The Salem Sentinel is a weekly newspaper, published in the City of Salem, Marion County, Oregon, and is of general circulation therein.
Wherefore this affiant prays this honorable court, or [517]*517the judge thereof, to grant an order herein, directing the publication of summons in said cause to be made in a newspaper, to wit: The Salem Sentinel, published in the County of Marion and State of Oregon, and that the service be made upon said defendant by publication in the manner in such cases made and provided by law.”

Based upon this affidavit, the judge of Department No. 2 of said court, on April 13, 1899, made the following order :

“ That the service of summons shall be made upon said defendant by the publication thereof in a weekly newspaper, to wit: The Salem Sentinel, published in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, for six consecutive weeks, requiring said defendant to appear and answer said complaint herein on or before the last day of the time prescribed herein for the publication of said summons; and that a copy of said complaint, together with a copy of the summons, be forthwith deposited in the postoffice at Salem, Marion County, Oregon, addressed and directed to said defendant at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, his last known address, wTith the postage fully prepaid thereon.”

The summons issued in pursuance thereof was, so far as material, as follows:

“To A. McFarlane, the above-named defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entitled court and suit on or before the last day of the time prescribed in the order for publication made herein, to wit: the twenty-seventh day of May, 1899, and if you fail to so answer, for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in her complaint on file herein, to wit: That the bonds of matrimony now existing between said plaintiff and said defendant be dissolved ; that the said plaintiff have the care and custody of the said minor children, to wit: William A. McFarlane, Robert McFarlane, Edna McFarlane and Albert McFarlane. * * And for an undivided estate in fee to a one third of the real property, described in said complaint as follows : [Here the real estate is described as hereinbefore alleged, and the following sums are demanded : Attorney’s [518]*518fees, $200; permanent alimony, $1,000; care of said children during their minority, $50 a month; the process concluding with the following paragraph:]
This summons is served upon you by order of the Honorable R. P. Boise, Judge of the above-entitled Court for Department Number Two thereof, dated the 13th day of April, 1899, and the date of the first publication being the 15th day of April, 1899, and the date of the last publication will expire on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1899.”

The certificate of the sheriff, attached to a copy of the summons, is to the effect that on April 15,1899, he served the same upon the defendant therein, by inclosing in a sealed envelope plainly addressed to “A. McFarlane, Hamilton, Ontorio, Canada,” with the postage fully prepaid thereon, a copy of said summons, certified to by him 'in his official capacity, together with a copy of the complaint, certified to by one of the attorneys for the plaintiff therein, and deposited said envelope in the postoffice at Salem, Oregon, and that between said places a direct communication by mail exists. The printer of the Salem Sentinel,

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