Practice question
A server completes residential substituted service after satisfying all prerequisites, but its return identifies a different person as recipient from the person actually served. Plaintiff asks the court to treat naming anyone as sufficient. Which is sound?
- The return must accurately identify the actual qualified recipient
- Any invented name performs the duty
- Recipient identity is expressly irrelevant
- A false name automatically validates service
- Only the plaintiff’s name matters
Legal references
- Current Rule14, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Continuing Rule22 Section1 computation of time, unchanged in2019: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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