Ex Parte Stover

This petition for the writ of mandamus requires an interpretation of the provisions of Rule 9(h), Ala.R.Civ.P., relating to fictitious parties, and the provisions of Rule 15(c), Ala.R.Civ.P., pertaining to the relation-back of amendments to pleadings. The specific question presented is whether a plaintiff who was allegedly injured while operating an off-line decorator machine at Scott Paper Company, and who described a defendant or defendants in the caption to his complaint as "J, K, and/or L, being the person, firm or corporation who manufactured, designed, sold, distributed, retailed or…