Yates v. Casteel

The plaintiff filed her petition in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County charging that defendant had breached a written agreement, therein set out, to plaintiff's damage in the sum of $9100 for which amount she asked judgment. Thereupon the clerk of said court issued a summons directed to the "sheriff of any county." The return endorsed upon the summons shows it was served upon defendant in the city of St. Louis by the sheriff of that city. Defendant appeared specially and limiting his appearance to that purpose moved to quash the summons and the return on the ground,…