Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation v. Dietrich

TUCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiff commenced this action to recover for goods, wares and merchandise it claims were purchased by the defend*66ants.. The complaint .was filed on February 21, 1969, and the plaintiff procured the issuance of a writ of garnishment on the same day. At the time of filing the complaint the defendants were residents of the State of California. A summons which was dated April 1, 1969, was forwarded to the sheriff of San Mateo County, California, for service upon the defendants. The summons was received by the sheriff on September 22, 1969, and was served on 'September 24,…