Sherrill v. Stevenson

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

The sole question for determination is whether an action of debt against an administratrix is local or transitory. The trial court held that it was local; the Court of Appeals that it was transitory. The question was raised by a plea in abatement, to which a demurrer was interposed.

The intestate lived and died in Giles County, in which county his administratrix qualified, although she was a resident of Lincoln County.

The creditor obtained a warrant at a time when the ad-ministratrix was in Lincoln County and had it served on her when she came into Giles…