Lewis v. Northern Railroad

The plaintiff commenced the service of his writ on February 10, 1883, by attaching property of the defendant, alleged to have a usual place of business in Boston; and, on the same day, the officer left an attested copy of the Writ with the treasurer of the defendant at Boston. The defendant is a foreign corporation, and the service by leaving a copy with the treasurer was not authorized by any statute, and was not a valid service. Andrews v. Michigan Central Railroad, 99 Mass. 534.

On the same tenth day of February the plaintiff applied to a magistrate to take his deposition, who issued a…