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Actions Quasi In Rem Under Section 1655, Title 28, U. S. C., William Wirt Blume
Actions Quasi In Rem Under Section 1655, Title 28, U. S. C., William Wirt Blume
Michigan Law Review
Section 1655 of Title 28, U.S.C. (1948) was originally section 8 of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1875. A somewhat similar statute, limited to equity cases, had been enacted in 1872. Paragraph one of the present section reads:
"In an action in a district court to enforce any lien upon or claim to, or to remove any incumbrance or lien or cloud upon the title to, real or personal property within the district, where any defendant cannot be served within the State, or does not voluntarily appear, the court may order the absent defendant to appear or plead …