Serrano v. Berdiel

Judgment was rendered by default against José Berdiel y Corbera and Francisco Lugo y Rios inasmuch as neither of them appeared or answered the complaint in this case. On appeal they attack the sufficiency of the proof of service. The affidavit of service against Francisco Lugo Rios is as follows:

“I, Leonardo Pagán Soto, resident of this municipality of Adjun-tas, do hereby state that I received the present summons at nine o’clock of April 5, 1914, and that on April 6, 1914, notified Francisco Lugo y Rios personally of the same at his house or residence in the ward of Tanamá of this…