Wall Rope Works, Inc. v. Sperling

The appellant brought an action in the First Judicial Court of the county of Burlington. The action arose out of a collision -which occurred October 18th, 1935, between a truck owned by the plaintiff and a truck owned by the defendant, a non-resident. It occurred on route No. 25 at Parry, New Jersey. The District Court process was forwarded to the commissioner of motor vehicles, who, at the direction of counsel for the plaintiff, forwarded a copy of the summons and complaint to J. Guy Bell, sheriff of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, who served the defendant personally at his home at Hyattsville,…