Deaton v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “. . when the order was entered on the original summons on 23 April, 1963, extending the time in which to serve the summons until 13 May 1963, the original summons became functus officio at the expiration of the extended time since it was never delivered to the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County for service but was kept in the possession of counsel for Grady Thomas, Jr., who made no effort to have it served. Consequently, when the order was entered on 1 August 1963 extending the time for service for twenty days, more than ninety days had elapsed since the original summons was issued on 3 April 1963. Likewise, more than ninety days had elapsed since the return of the un-served summons by the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County on 17 April 1963; in the meantime, the original summons had not been kept alive.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Bray