Tennessee Chemical Co. v. Harper

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

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Whether or not the appearance in court of R. II. Harper by his attorney, and the urging by said attorney of an oral general demurrer to the petition, would be a waiver of service need not be determined,, as the record shows that the sheriff made a return in which he stated that he had served the defendant R. H. Harper by leaving a copy of the writ and process “ at his most notorious place.” This return was incomplete, in that the words “ of abode,” which should have followed the words “ most notorious place,” were…