Noting a domicilium citandi et executandi in a contract means that the contracting parties thereby indicate where legal notices and summonses to each must be delivered. Provided it is delivered as indicated, the party issuing the summons need not prove actual receipt. The present matter adds an interesting twist, in that the seller's chosen domicilium was noted to be the 2nd floor of a specific firm and to a specific person. As the firm had relocated at the time the summons was issued, the sheriff attached the summons to the front door of the building and not at the 2nd floor. The court held that the summons, which was intended to stop prescription of a claim by the purchaser, was served irregularly and therefore prescription was not interrupted. It was not relevant that the indicated firm had relocated; service was irregular because it did not comply with the contractually agreed domicilium. read more The Judgment Summary of the Judgment