Lerch Bros., Inc. v. McKinne

Tbe summons and the complaint were regularly served upon the defendants on 28 December, 1922; the summons was returnable on 8 January, 1923; and within twenty days thereafter the answer was filed. The question is whether it should have been filed within twenty days after service of the complaint.

The amended statutes relating to process and pleadings provide that the summons in a civil action in the Superior Court shall be made returnable before the clerk at a date named therein, not less than ten days nor more than twenty days from the issuance of the writ, and shall be served by delivering a…