Storey v. Hoppes

Koch, J.,

The plaintiff and the defendant are the owners of equal undivided interests in two lots of ground, situate in Mahanoy City. The sheriff, by his deputy, W. B-. McCool, made service of the summons in partition in this case on said George W. Hoppes, “by leaving a true and attested copy of the same at his dwelling-house with an adult member of his family on Feb. 11, 1924.” The plaintiff filed his declaration in partition April 2, 1924. And, because of the non-appearance and of no defence on the part of the defendant, counsel for the plaintiff moved this court, on May 18, 1924, for…