In re People

I think the motion should be denied. In the first place, I have considerable doubt whether the summons and complaint were validly served. In the absence of express authorization, it seems dangerous to hold that a clerk in the office of the superintendent of insurance could effectively receive and admit service of process at a time that his superior had been publicly directed to take possession of the defendant’s assets for the benefit of existing American creditors under an order which restrained the commencement or prosecution of any litigation. In any event, the attempted service of the…