Bearden v. Byerly

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Carol Bearden, appeals from the circuit court’s dismissal of her action for a declaratory judgment. The dismissal was based upon a finding by the circuit court that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants.

In June or July of 1983, W. Charles McMinn III, a resident of Pennsylvania, purchased a Cadillac automobile in that state. At that time, the plaintiff, a resident of Alabama, was present in Pennsylvania for the purpose of visiting her mother; and she acquired possession of the automobile from McMinn. The plaintiff later drove the automobile…