State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Costley

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• concluding that return of service that stated date of service by both certified and first-class mail was “in accordance with the court order, and [was] thereby in strict compliance with the rules of civil procedure”
• explaining that “[a] plaintiff may resort to substituted service only upon the failure of these methods” specified in Rule 106(a)
• “[T]o require proof of actual notice upon substituted service would frustrate Rule 106(b)’s purpose of providing alternate methods”
• “Upon receipt of an 5 Case: 21-40166 Document: 00516201716 Page: 6 Date Filed: 02/14/2022 No. 21-40166 affidavit satisfying Rule 106(b), the trial court may authorize substituted service . . . .” (footnote omitted)
• service via regular mail held proper
• service via regular mail held proper

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).