Heilemann v. Clowney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

Tbe requirement of the statute of 1903 was that a copy of tlie summons “shall be served oil the defendant in person at least two days before its return or left at his usual place of abode at least six days before its return.” Practice, act 1903, § 52; Comp. Stat., p. 4067. By an amendment *88of 1912 (Pamph. L., p. 468), no doubt, in view of the Practice act of that year, and the rules and forms accompanying the same, wherein return dajrs are eliminated from writs of summons, the words “at least two (or six) days before its return” are struck…