Mayefsky v. Davis

Plaintiff procured a warrant of attachment against the property of defendants on the ground that they were nonresidents of the State. The marshal levied by serving the warrant upon certain debtors of the defendants within the city of New York. Thereafter, and within thirty days, the summons and complaint were delivered to the defendants personally in the city of Philadelphia.

Plaintiff seeks to uphold the attachment on the ground that section 15 of the Municipal Court Code, read in connection with section 235 of the Civil Practice Act, justifies the method of service here adopted. But, since…