Baker v. Wales

The facts seem to be that the plaintiffs kept in their office parcels of summons with places left blank for defendants’ names and amounts to be claimed. The inference is, that if a business interview were not satisfactory, service of summons would follow after the blanks had been filled up.

On January 19th one of the plaintiffs wrote to defendant, who lived in Connecticut, to come to Hew York to settle the claim in dispute, and to answer by return mail whether he would come. He did not answer until the twenty-sixth, and did not come until the thirtieth; then he had an unsuccessful negotiation…