Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Still

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Coti-iran.

This is an appeal from an order of his Honor, Special Judge Nickles, refusing the defendant’s motion to set aside the service of the summons and complaint in the action which was one for the foreclosure of a mortgage.

The summons and complaint were lodged in the sheriff’s office for service. He deputized a young lady, Miss Riley, a clerk in his office, to make the service. She went to the-home of the defendant, the residence of her husband’s mother, Mrs. Marion Still, in the town of Blackville. The defendant was temporarily absent…