In Re Peacock

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

On November 21, 1988, Stewart S. Peacock’s creditor filed a petition placing him in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. That same day, one of the creditor’s attorneys, J.P. Coleman, attempted to serve Peacock. Coleman took the summons to Peacock’s place of business (Spaulding & Co., where Peacock served as president) and left it with one of the store employees. Seven months later, Peacock received notice of a hearing set for July 1989. Peacock appeared at the hearing and moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Peacock claimed that because he had…