Case ID: johns_8/html/0346-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      Per Curiam.\n    ", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Backus and Whiting against Rogers, Gent. one of the Attorneys, &c.
    
      In a suit against an attorney of this couri, the tur^ofHprocessJ and must be sewed on him personally, or by some other service which the court, under circumstances, may knLdievv?cc on attoraey> not sufficient. '
    SHERWOOD, for the defendant, moved to set aside- . . the proceedings m this cause, for irregularity. The de» fendant is one of the attorneys of thjs court, and the bill i i • , t was served on his agent only,
    
      JJ. Bleecker, contra,
   Per Curiam.

When a bill is to be served on an attorne7 as a defendant, it is in the nature of process, and must be served on him personally, or by some other service, which the court may, under the circumstances of the case, regard as equivalent to a personal service. • The motion must, therefore, be granted.

Motion' granted.