| MysticCat |
10-16-2008 02:35 PM |
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Originally Posted by Kevin
(Post 1731904)
I'm sure that God, as a matter of law has the sort of minimal contacts with the proposed forum to be reasonably hailed into court. I'm sure Nebraska's long-arm statute would be more than adequate.
While God may not physically reside in a church, we say it's a house of God, right? So wouldn't personal service on a usual resident at any church be considered good service?
I mean... especially under the Calvinist view, God would certainly have minimal contacts with all possible forums because it was He who preordains everything.
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And, to quote the hymn, Whate'er My God Ordains is Right. (Though to be fair to my forebear in the faith, predestination to Calvin and to a Calvinist refers only to the eternal decree of a person's salvation. Presumably, though, at least a few of the elect live in Nebraska, so perhaps it's too fine a point to press.)
But service on a resident at any church? Does a church have any usual residents? The clergy usually live in a separate house -- manse, rectory, parsonage, what-have-you.
In any event, our plaintiff did not contend that service of process could be made on any resident of any church. Rather, while alleging that God had many agents upon whom service could be made if only he knew how, he specifically asked the court to find that service of process was not necessary or that constructive service had been accomplished. But constructive service can only be had when personal service has proved impossible. Once again, a plaintiff's own pleadings do him in. |
