Case Name: SHINN against EARNEST
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1807-02
Citations: 2 N.J.L. 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: [114] [*] SHINN against EARNEST.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 144–144

Head Matter:
[114] [*] SHINN against EARNEST.
OH CERTIORARI.
Return of summons “ lawfully served,” by constable, error.
The constable returned the summons in this cause, lawfully served, without showing the manner of service; there was no appearance of the defendant to cure this defect; no witnesses were examined — and the justice in his record, says: That after waiting a considerable time, he gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff. This must have been without evidence. These two causes having been assigned' for error, and fully appearing on the record, the court
Vide ante, *58, *63, *84, *95. 1 Halst. 130. 1 South. 108.

Opinion:
Reversed the judgment.
Cited in Stults v. Outcalt, 1 Halst. 130; Stults v. Outcalt, 1 Halst. 158; Murat v. Hutchinson, 1 Harr. 46.