State Ex Rel. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Harris

Original writ of prohibition to Hon. Brown Harris, Judge of the Jackson County Circuit Court. The sole question involved is the validity of the service of summons in an action brought in respondent’s court against the relator, 'The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., to recover on two insurance policies. If the service is invalid, respondent has no jurisdiction over the person of the relator-defendant. We issued our provisional rule because the amount involved is nearly $20,000, and the ease turns' on the construction of the service statutes of this State — á question of great public interest.

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