Hall v. Bradley

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

On April 18, 1936, L. E. Bradley brought an action in the Lawrence circuit court against John Hall on a. note of $54 and an open account of $6.25. An attachment, was levied on a small tract of land in Lawrence county. Hall, a resident of Mingo county, West Virginia, was-summoned in the manner prescribed by Section 56 of the-Civil Code of Practice which provides that “if a defendant be out of this State the plaintiff may take a copy of the petition, certified by the clerk, with a summons annexed thereto, warning him to appear and answer the-petition…