Bedell v. Richardson Lubricating Co.

— Defendant in Error at the February term, 1918, brought this suit for libel in the circuit court of Chariton County, Missouri, against Plaintiff in Error and one E. D. Richardson. Summons was directed to the sheriff of Audrain County; the return of the sheriff was as follows:

‘ ‘ Executed the within writ in the County of Audrain and State of Missouri, on the 4th day of January, 1918, by delivering to E. L. Johnson certified copy of the within petition and summons as certified and furnished me by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Chariton County, Missouri, E. L. Johnson an agent of the…