Edwards v. Edwards

Plaintiff relies on service by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to an individual defendant’s Nevada post office box, to constitute sufficient service of summons and complaint in an Oregon action. That mail was not delivered to defendant but was, instead, returned to plaintiff by the postal authorities rubber-stamped “UNCLAIMED.” The Court of Appeals affirmed a circuit court judgment dismissing the complaint because of insufficient service. Edwards v. Edwards, 96 Or App 623, 773 P2d 809 (1989). We affirm.

Plaintiff filed her complaint pro se in August of 1985. Plaintiffs…