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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 103
    FUNK v. HEFFNER
    Montgomery Court of Appeals,
    No. 598,
    Dec. 12, 1922
    SUMMONS — (1- Exemption from service in civil action — (2) Motion to vacate judgment — (3) Laches.
    Error to Montgomery Court of Common Pleas
    Attorneys — Egan & Delscamp, for Funk; Thomas H. Frod, for Heffner.
   PER CURIAM:

Epitomized Opinion

Funk was in Kentucky and was arrested and brought to Montgomery county; while in jail he was served with summons in attachment; he was a resident of the county. He was released from jail some time before a judgment by default was taken in the attachment proceedings. Some time after the entry of the judgment he filed a motion to vacate the judgment and for leave to defnd; this motion was overruled. Held:

(1) The privilege of exemption from service in civil action while the party served is under arrest, does not apply, when the one arrested and served is a resident, and under arrest in the county where the civil action is commenced.

(2) Where one is released from jail a long time before default judgment is taken and make no effort to defend, he is guilty of laches and a court of equity will not vacate the judgment.