The evidence in this case shows that defendant’s residence and place of business was in the city of Hew York, and it was so known to the plaintiff at the time the summons was served at his place of residence, and that it was also known that defendant was then in California on business. The plaintiff’s affidavits, upon which the order to serve the summons was granted, shows all these facts.
The act entitled “ an act to facilitate the service of process in certain cases,” does not apply to the present case. In this
This question is ably considered by Harris, Justice, in the case of Collins a. Campfield, (9 How. Pr. R., 519).
Judgment and execution set aside with costs, and ten dollars costs of this motion.