Charboneau Excavating, Inc. v. Turnipseed

The issue in this case is the validity of an order permitting service by publication. Holding that the order was invalid, we reverse.

Pernelle Raymond Turnipseed and Bertha Jane Turnipseed were husband and wife for 52 years.1 Their adult daughter is Connie Hale. Turnipseed died in 1999, and Bertha was appointed to be personal representative of his estate. At the times material here, Bertha owned part of BJ’s Bingo Hall.

*360In 1997, Charboneau Excavating, Inc., acting through its president Jeffrey Charboneau, sued “Ray Turnipseed, a married man acting in his individual capacity.”2 Charboneau…