Case Name: Nicholas Rape, Jr. vs. Joseph Titus
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1830-02
Citations: 11 N.J.L. 313
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicholas Rape, Jr. vs. Joseph Titus.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 373–373

Head Matter:
Nicholas Rape, Jr. vs. Joseph Titus.
CERTIORARI.
A judgment rendered by a justice of the peace in the absence of the ■defendant, will be reversed, if it does not appear that the summons was regularly served.
L. H. Stockton,
moved to reverse the judgment of a justice, because the service of the summons was defective. The constable returned the summons “served by delivering a ■copy to the defendant.” The defendant did not appear, and-the justice rendered judgment upon evidence produced by the plaintiff.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The statute requires a service to be made by reading to the defendant, if found, and giving a copy when required. It has not been complied with. Let the judgment be reversed.