Opinion
Appeal from the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, County of Mariposa.
COUNSEL
C. Temple Emmet, for Appellant.
Cole & Whiting, and R. H. Daly, for Respondent.
JUDGES: The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Justice Terry. Mr. Chief Justice Murray concurred.
OPINION
TERRY, Judge
This was an action against a corporation, by its corporate name. The Sheriff's return shows that the summons was served on " defendant Waddell, who was in possession of the property; " the name of Waddell is not mentioned in the complaint, and it does not appear how he became a defendant, or of what property he was in possession.
The twenty-ninth section of the Practice Act provides that " if the suit be against a corporation, the summons shall be served on the president, secretary, cashier or managing agent thereof." As Waddell was not shown to be one of the officers named, the judgment by default was improperly entered, and is reversed with costs, and cause remanded for further proceedings.