How cited: Tooker v. Leake · Go Syfert

Tooker v. Leake (1898)

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Rule Authority · Mo. Ct. App.
Violation of § 534.090 is Reversible Error Caselaw holds service of process requirements are to be strictly applied because constructive service is “in derogation of the common law and purely the creature of statute.” Tooker v. Leake, 48 S.W. 638, 640 (Mo. 1898); Rodriguez, 975 S.W.2d at 489 (holding “strict compliance with the law regarding service of process is compulsory” when finding the circuit court lacked jurisdiction over a defendant when it accepted service by mail …