Ernest Francis v. John W. Fonfara

Summary

The court held that a process server is entitled to the statutory fee for copies of writs and complaints even when someone else made the copies, so long as the process server handled and verified them as true copies for service. Because the statute was ambiguous, the court considered statutory context and legislative history, which confirmed that payment was not conditioned on the process server personally making the copies. The court reversed the denial of the fee and remanded with direction to award $900.