Garden Mutual Benefit Assn. v. Levy

The plaintiff instituted this action to collect a debt secured by a promissory note on which the maker had defaulted and which the defendants had executed as comakers and endorsers. On January 16, 1979, the plaintiff served defendant Robert Haymond (hereinafter Haymond) at his “usual place of abode,” 61 Norwood Road, West Hartford, Connecticut. Haymond subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the action with supporting affidavits, contending that because West Hartford was not his usual place of abode, this service was insufficient to confer jurisdiction over him.

Although both parties submitted…