Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 15, 1841 (Barker v. Clark)

The opinion of the Court was by

Weston C. J.

If the notice to the defendant was properly directed, the proper mode of transmission was by the mail; and this was seasonably resorted to for this purpose. The question of due diligence, which was properly submitted to the jury involved two considerations; whether there was satisfactory evidence, that the residence of the defendant was at St.