Void personal judgment
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From 243 U.S. 90 - Henry McDonald v. F a Mabee · 1917Most cited · 628 citing opinions
Whatever may be the rule with regard to decrees concerning status or its incidents, an ordinary personal judgment for money, invalid for want of service amounting to due process of law, is as ineffective in the state as it is outside of it.