Hoyt v. Nick

The main question presented in this automobile accident case is whether the court obtained jurisdiction where plaintiff served process upon the director of motor vehicles (RSA 264:1) but delayed forwarding to the defendant both notice of the substituted service and a copy of the process (RSA 264:2) until after the final day for service of process within the State (RSA 510:1).

Florence Hoyt brought an action of case to recover damages arising from personal injuries, property damage and other harm suffered in a collision of automobiles at Nashua on April 2, 1961, alleged to have resulted from…