Murphy v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 2021
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McDaniel v. McElvy · Proper v. Proper
Most-quoted passages
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“The test [of whether substituted service is authorized], however, is not whether it was in fact possible to effect service in a given case, but whether the complainant reasonably employed knowledge at his command, made diligent inquiry, and exerted an honest and conscientious effort appropriate to the circumstances, to acquire the information necessary to enable him to effect personal service on the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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