Rhinehardt v. Light

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Greene circuit court from hearing a personal injury suit that is pending in that court. The only question is whether the Greene circuit court or the Crittenden circuit court first acquired jurisdiction of the controversy. See Healey & Roth v. Huie, Judge, 220 Ark. 16, 245 S. W. 2d 813.

On November 5, 1955, a car driven by Ralph Agee, a resident of Greene county, collided in Crittenden county with a car driven by the petitioner, Booker Rhinehardt, who lives in Crittenden county. On December 3 Agee and his wife brought suit in the…