Criterion Insurance Company v. Lyles

MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellant insurance company brought suit in the trial court against a local resident, two Maryland corporations, and the Steuart Motor Company located in the District of Columbia, appellees here. The complaint, seeking damages arising out of an automobile accident in 1963, was filed on the last day of the three-year period of limitations. The clerk issued the necessary summonses the same day and gave them to appellant’s counsel. They were not, however, delivered to the United States Marshal until eighteen days after the period of limitations had run. Service, except…