Legal Opinion
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company v. William R. Ponsoldt
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 19, 1995No. 93-4865PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
The version of Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governed service of process at the time the complaint was filed in this case 1 provided for three methods of serving an individual defendant. The primary method, personal service, required that the process server “deliver[] a copy of the summons and complaint to the individual personally,” or that the process server leave a copy of the summons and complaint with a competent person at the defendant’s home, or with an authorized agent. Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d)(1). In addition, Rule 4 provided for two alternative…
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