Gibbens v. Pickett

Citations

• 31 Fla. 147

Syllabus

<p>Return of service by deputy.</p> <p>A return of service upon a subpoena in chancery signed by a deputy sheriff in his own name, without disclosing the name of his official principal for whom he acted as deputy in making the service, is a nullity, and furnishes no evidence that the court from which the process issued, acquired that jurisdiction over f the person of the party purported to have been served as would warrant it in entering against him a'decree, either pro eonfesso or final.</p>