Safford v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a suit in book. account. The defendant bank 'demurred, and also moved to dismiss for want of service. Demurrer and motion overruled, September Term, 1887, Powers, J., presiding. Exceptions by the defendant, which were certiKed to the Supreme Court before further proceedings. The case .appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royos, Oh. J.
The defendant bank was located at and doing business in Clinton County, N. Y-, the plaintiff was a resident of Washington, D. C., and the writ was made returnable to the •County Court in the county of Franklin. The only service that was made of the writ on the defendant, as appears by the offi•cer’s return, was by leaving with C. W. Witters, one of the trustees named in the writ, a true and attested copy of the writ, with his return thereon endorsed.
The statute, R. L. s. 1081, which provides for service of writs on absent defendants by…
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