Storey v. Smith

Grifein Smith, Chief Justice.

The petition for prohibition — under an allegation that the court is without jurisdiction of the person against or in favor of whom a judgment might he rendered in that person’s official capacity — presents a single question: Where summons is directed to personal representative, but not placed in the hands of the sheriff or any other officer before a personal representative is appointed, does service on an administrator who is subsequently designated, and whose name does not appear in the summons, invest the trial court with jurisdiction in a local action for…