Sink v. Schafer

The record discloses the caption in the summons designated Forrest J. Schafer, as the defendant. The body of the summons directed the Sheriff to serve Forrest J. Schafer, Jr. The Sheriff served the summons on the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as defendant's statutory process agent for the purpose of bringing him into court in this wrongful death action resulting from his negligent operation of a motor vehicle upon a North Carolina public highway. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles mailed the process to Forrest J. Schafer, Jr., who seeks to quash the service upon the sole ground that the…