Gross v. Evert-Rosenberg

Is service of process sufficient where a party attempts substitute service by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint at a house owned by the defend ant but in which she no longer lives? The issue to be determined is whether the place where the summons was left constitutes the defendant’s house of usual abode. The superior court dismissed the suit finding that the house was not the defendant’s usual place of abode and that the substitute service was ineffective. We are likewise not persuaded that liberal construction of the substitute service statute should be extended to the facts before…