Wiles v. Welparnel Const. Co., Inc.

COPELAND, Justice.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether service of a summons directed to a person described as the agent of a corporation, when the corporation is named in the complaint and the caption of the summons as the defendant, is sufficient service of process on the corporation. For the reasons set out below, we have determined that it is; therefore, the decision of the Court of Appeals must be reversed.

The long-standing rule in this state has been that when a summons directs service on a person as an agent or officer of a defendant corporation and is served on…