Goodwin v. Goldberg

“If the defendant is not an inhabitant of the state, and the writ is not served on him in person within the state, but his goods or estate are attached, an attested copy of the writ and of the return of the attachment may be . .. left. .. with his tenant on or near the land attached.” P. L., c. 331, s. 4. The question transferred involves the construction of the phrase, “with his tenant on or near the land attached.”

As a general rule, the return of a sheriff is conclusive upon all matters material to be returned and cannot be contradicted by the parties. Bolles v. Bowen, 45 N. H. 124;…