BACHE, HALSEY, STUART, SHIELDS, INCORPORATED v. Mendoza

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• holding that failure to inform the person at the usual place of abode on whom the documents were served of the contents of the document renders the service defective
• holding default judgment was properly set aside where service of process at the defendant's place of abode was made without informing that person of its contents
• affirming trial court order setting aside default where deputy sheriff who served papers did not recall explaining contents and “that service consisted solely of a knock on the door, a man saying ‘Mendoza’, and delivery of papers”
• testimony of the recipient and the process server established a failure to meet the requirement that the person served with papers be informed of their contents

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