Willey v. the Benedict Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco quashing the service of summons and vacating a judgment by default. Thomas F. Graham, Judge. .The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
The plaintiff, as assignee of one Lea Bleakmore, on December 22, 1900, brought' an action in the superior court of San Francisco against the defendant, a foreign corporation, to recover the value of personal services alleged to have been rendered it by Bleakmore, and had certain property of the defendant attached.
Summons was issued, directed generally to “The Benedict Company (a corporation),” and delivered to the sheriff of Sacramento County, who, in due time, returned that he had served it upon the defendant, “a foreign corporation, doing business in the state of California, defendant…
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