State Ex Rel. MFA Mutual Insurance Co. v. Rooney

HOLMAN, Judge.

In this original proceeding in prohibition relator seeks to prevent the respondent circuit judge from proceeding further in the case of Joy Rollins v. MFA Mutual Insurance Company which was filed in the Circuit Court of Clay County on March 24, 1965. Copies of the petition and summons were served on Ed Duckworth, an agent of MFA, at his home in Liberty. MFA appeared specially and moved to quash service alleging that Duckworth was not an officer, partner, or managing or general agent of said defendant. That motion was overruled and said defendant again appeared specially and…