Manner in Which the Papers Were Served in a Civil Lawsuit

[curiuosnicholai]

My question involves court procedures for the state of: Pennsylvania. Recently a family member was recently served in the middle of his college class. The main reason this raises a few questions with me is the person suing him is the Sheriff's daughter. The deputy sheriff proceeded to pull him out of the middle of his class and then serve him in the hallway.

My main question is was that done in a legal manner? I'm not too familiar with the process so any responses would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Nick

[BOR]

It appears the service was proper:


http://members.aol.com/RulesPA/C.400_430.html


Where it says ONLY by the Sheriff, I am also assuming his agents/deputies are authorized by law, as the Sheriff him or herself has better things to do than process serve all day.

If you want to really be in the know, pay a visit to a local library that has the PA statutes. It will also have the Constitution volumes and the Rules of Civil Procedure, that is the volume you want, look up the rules I posted you deem relevant and read the case law annotations after them.