83 Iowa 421 | Iowa | 1891
We have no argument or brief from the appellee. The question disclosed by the record is whether this action was commenced at the time the original notice was delivered to the sheriff, or not until the filing of the petition. If the former, then the action is not barred; and if the latter, then it is. The note is payable in Tama county; therefore, the action might properly be brought in that county; but the query remains, whether, in such case, the defendant being a resident of and served in another county, the delivery of the notice to the sheriff of Tama county was a commencement of the action. Section 2532 of the Code is as follows: “ The delivery of the original