Gehret v. Pizitz

Lewis, J.,

The above cases were called for trial on Dec. 4, 1924, and it was agreed by counsel that the preliminary question of jurisdiction be first disposed of by the judge sitting without a jury, despite the original demand for a jury trial.

In each of these cases an affidavit of defence was filed raising a jurisdictional question by attacking the service of the writ. It appears from the record that the writ was served by leaving a true and attested copy thereof with an adult member of the family of the defendant at his dwelling-house in the City of Philadelphia on March 13, 1924.

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