Akron-Canton Regional Airport Authority v. Swinehart

The sole issue before this court is whether service of process was effectively made upon the appellees. In resolving this issue we look first to Civ. R. 4.1(1), governing service by certified mail.1 The rule speaks primarily *405to how service shall be made, rather than where, or to whom process may be served. In drafting these rules it was believed that due process should determine the parameters for proper service rather than create unduly restrictive rules prohibiting otherwise constitutionally permissible service. Although the flexible nature of due process prevents hard and fast rules, we…