Melton v. Johnson

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• finding evidence of evasion where, among other things, the defendant told the plaintiff over the telephone that he would not allow himself to be served
• service by publication effective to support in personam judgment against a Georgia resident where state and federal concepts of due process have not been violated
• service by publication effective to support in personam judgment against a Georgia resident where state and federal concepts of due process have not been violated
• “[s]ervice by publication and by mail does not provide due process when personal service could have been made”
• defendant successfully evaded all attempts by plaintiffs counsel to effect personal service; counsel spoke with defendant by telephone, explained lawsuit, requested that defendant permit himself to be served, and defendant refused
• service by publication sufficient where defendant was sued in his county of residence, had actual knowledge of the suit pending against him, and wilfully concealed himself “in order to frustrate all reasonable efforts to effect personal service”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).