John I. Adams & Co. v. Basile

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment confirming a default against Mm, assigning as error the irregularity, if not the nullity, of the service of the citation issued.

The sheriff’s return is, that on the day stated, he handed “ a true aud certified copy of the petition and citation to G. Tennent, at the store of Mr. F. A. Basile, in the town of Houma, as the said Basile was not at the store at the time of service.”

This return-’does not show a domiciliary service. If the store was kept a.t the domicil of the defendant, and the person on…