Winter v. Winter

A civil action is commenced by the service of a summons. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 218.) In an action to annul a marriage the defendant may be served by publication. (Id. § 232.) Such service is made when the summons has been published in two newspapers for six successive weeks, and the summons and complaint, together with a notice, have been mailed to the defendant. (Rules Civ. Prac. rule 50.) It is complete on the forty-second day after the day of first publication. (Rule 51.) “ In all cases when publication of the summons is ordered, service of the copy of the summons and complaint and of any…