Case Name: BENJAMIN GROVES vs. CHARLES HICKMAN
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1832
Citations: 1 Harr. 33
Docket Number: 
Parties: BENJAMIN GROVES vs. CHARLES HICKMAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 33–33

Head Matter:
BENJAMIN GROVES vs. CHARLES HICKMAN.
A constable’s return of “served by copy” is not sufficient.
Certiorari. This was a judgment by default. The constable returns, “Feb. 17th, 1829, served by copy. H. Bruner.”

Opinion:
The court reversed the judgment on the ground, that this return did not specify whether the service was on the deft, personally or by leaving a copy at his house.
Judgment reversed.