SUBSTITUTED SERVICE.—A person against whom a writ has been issued can now obtain no practical advantage by endeavouring to evade service. The tactics of such have been amply met by rules of court which provide for substituted service, or service other than personal. A plaintiff' who cannot effect service upon the defendant should apply to the court, by summons, for an order for substituted service. The application should be supported by an affidavit. This latter must be very precise, stating fully what efforts have been made to serve the defendant personally, with particulars of time and place, and who was seen, and what happened. It should further ask specifically for substituted service in one of the ways allowed, and state the deponent's reasons for believing that the writ will come to the defendant's knowledge if so served ; otherwise the order will not be made. In the King's Bench Division the following requirements have in general to be complied with before an order will be made, and must be deposed to in the affidavit; namely, one call upon the defendant, followed by two successive appointments to serve the writ. The calls must be made
at the defendant's residence, and not at his place of business, unless the residence is unknown and cannot be discovered, in which case it should be stated what efforts have been made to discover it. At the time of making the appointments to serve the writ, it must be stated that the appointments are for the purpose of serving the writ, and not merely general appointments. The place and time of each appointment must be distinctly named, and the appointments must be kept by the person entrusted with the,service of the writ. The appointments must be made for a reasonable hour when the defendant is likely to be at home; and the copy of the writ should be left for the defendant on the occasion of one of the calls.