DUNCAN v. McDONOUGH

No. 5204.

105 N.H. 308 (1964)

ELEANOR C. DUNCAN & a. v. ROBERT L. McDONOUGH.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 31, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fisher, Parsons, Moran & Temple for the plaintiffs.

Wiggin, Nourie, Sundeen, Nassikas & Pingree for the defendant.


LAMPRON, J.

RSA 510:2 provides that "all writs and other processes shall be served by giving to the defendant or leaving at his abode an attested copy thereof, except in cases otherwise provided for." These provisions are mandatory. Rogers v. Buchanan, 58 N.H. 47. The sheriff's return of non est inventus attests to the fact that there was no service made on the defendant in accordance with the mandates of the above statute either in person or...

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