¶1The statute (1785, c. 69, <§> 8) expressly prescribes that the service shall be made by serving the party with an attested copy of the libel, and with a summons to appear, &c The libel is dismissed for want of legal service.
9 Mass. 422
Smith v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 15, 1812
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1812-11-15
This was a libel for a divorce a vinculo, for the cause of adultery, and having been duly filed in the clerk’s office, a summons had issued, which an officer returned that he had served by reading the libel and summons to the said Elizabeth.
Decided 1812-11-15