White v. Jayne

1 Citing case

  1. Cox v. Rueff Lighting Co.

    589 S.W.2d 606 (Ky. Ct. App. 1979)   Cited 20 times
    In Cox v. Rueff Lighting Company, Ky.App., 589 S.W.2d 606 (1979), a case factually similar to the one before us, this court held that the disregard of a lawsuit due to the carelessness either of a party or of its attorney is not a reasonable basis to set aside a judgment.

    There is no contention that the statutory procedure was not followed in this case. In White v. Jayne, 313 Ky. 160, 230 S.W.2d 429 (1950), a case involving service under the nonresident motorist statute, the court, although holding that the service of process was not properly achieved in that case, stated clearly in dictum that if the registered letter had in fact been delivered as addressed (it was not) even though the receipt may have been signed by another person residing at that address, the appellant there could not have been heard to complain of improper service. Although not a decisive ruling on point the opinion in White, supra, supports the view that actual notice is not required to effect personal jurisdiction under the Kentucky long-arm statute.