Case Name: Cumbler v. Gehring
Court: Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1902-09
Citations: 1 Pa. Just. L. Rep. 66
Docket Number: No. 244
Parties: Cumbler v. Gehring.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania Justices' Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 66–67

Head Matter:
Cumbler v. Gehring.
A Justice of the Peace acquires no jurisdiction in a civil suit over the person of the defendant, where the summons is made returnable more than eight days after date of issuance, and where it has not been served in accordance with the provisions of Act of July 9, 1901.
JurisdictioN — Summons—Certiorari.
No. 244, Sept. Term, 1902; C. P. of Cumberland County, Edward W. Biddle, P. J.
Certiorari to Jesse D. Miller, Justice of the Peace, Boiling Springs;
F. H. Ploffer, Esq., for plaintiff in error.
C. W. Webbert, Esq., for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court.
Biddle, J.
The record shows summons issued July 11, 1902; returnable July 22, 1902. Constable's return shows, "Summons served July 12th, 1902, upon Augustus Gehring, the within named defendant, personally, by producing the original, and informing him of the contents thereof."
BY THE COURT: — The judgment in this case cannot be sustained for two reasons specified in the exceptions: 1st, because the summons was made returnable more than, eight days from the date of issuance; 2nd, because it was not served in accordance with any of the methods directed by the Act of July 9, 1901, which has superseded the former law in regard to the mode of service.
And now, October 20, 1902, the judgment of the Justice of the Peace is reversed.
Reported by F. H. Hoffer, Esq.,
Carlisle,' Pa.