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

JOHN CALDWELL vs. ISAAC MILLER.
    A return of “ served by copy, left at a house said to be the boarding house of defendant,” is not sufficient to authorize a judgment by default.
    Certiorari to Justice Wiley.
    The return of service of the summons was “ served on the defendant by leaving a copy at the house of Michael Kinch, said to be the boarding house of said defendantand it was held to be insufficient. The judgment was by default.
    
      J. A. Bayard, for plaintiff in error.
   Judgment reversed.

Memorandum. — During the winter vacation, the Hon. Thomas Clayton, Chief Justice of the State, resigned; and the Hon. John M. Clayton.,.of Kent, was appointed to succeed him.