Hitch v. Charles T. Gray & Co.
Citations
- 15 Del. 400
Syllabus
<p>Justice of the Peace. Service of Process. Certiorari.—Service of summons from a Justice of the Peace by copy left “ at the defendant’s office in Laurel with his clerk” is invalid.</p> <p>Justice Of the Peace. Certiorari,—Where an action is brought by and judgment entered for several persons as partners without setting forth their individual names it is invalid.</p>
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- stating that the turntable cases arise out of the negligence of railroad companies in leaving their turntables unlocked or unprotected, and further defining negligence as the absence of due care
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