Bean v. Clark

In this case the plaintiff, June Clark, a resident citizen of Pike County, Mississippi, sued the appellant, Eldridge B. Bean, a resident citizen of said county, and also B. B. Dean, a nonresident, in an action for damages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident. The said resident defendant was charged with negligence in the operation of the automobile owned by the nonresident defendant, who was a passenger in the automobile at the time of the accident.

Personal service of process was had upon the resident defendant on March 7, 1955, and the suit was returnable to the March…