Cox ET AL. -M GARVIN ET AL. [5 CO2C ET AL. vs. GARVIN ET AL. HELD that a summons executed thus, "served the within on A. Cox & T. Kelly, by leaving a copy of t.he same with his wife, at his own house, in Baty township, Benton county, Sept. 8th, 1841," is not a compliance witb the requirements of the statute, and will not support a judgment by default.
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