Legal Opinion
Balkun v. DeAnzona
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 28, 1969No. File No. CV 6-6810-38216PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The question of law presented by the demurrer in this case is whether service of process meets the requirements of § 52-57 of the General Statutes where the “writ was left in a mailbox in the hallway outside the defendant’s apartment.”
“Section 52-57 provides for in personam service and by two methods: (a) by common-law service, that is, actual manual delivery of the process to the defendant himself within the state, or (b) by abode service ... that is, by leaving a copy of the process at the defendant’s usual place of abode within the state. Under § 52-57, either mode of service is adequate…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Earle v. McVeighSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Clegg v. BishopSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Clover v. UrbanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Dorus v. LyonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
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3Cited by4 opinions
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