Evans Laboratories, Inc. v. Roberts

J. Fred Jokes, Justice.

The petitioners seek a writ of prohibition directed to the Faulkner County Circuit Court prohibiting the judge of that court from proceeding further in the trial of a law suit for lack of jurisdiction.

Sue Bradford, a resident of Van Burén County, Arkansas, filed a suit as plaintiff in the Faulkner County Circuit Court, alleging that the defendant, Elmer Pearson, is a resident of Faulkner County and is an employee and agent of the defendant, Evans Laboratories, Inc., an Arkansas corporation; that on or about October 6, 1966, the defendants sold to plaintiff’s employer,…