Wolfe v. Shaw

Woods, Judge:

Wolfe seeks a writ prohibiting the circuit court of Marion County from proceeding further in the personal injury case of Clara Miller against himself and one Wallace Pfeifer. The injury declared on was sustained in an automobile accident in Marion County, the cars involved being driven by Wolfe and Pfeifer, respectively. The former is a substantial citizen of Gilmer County, and the latter a young man under twenty-one years of age, of Brooke County.

The circuit court’s jurisdiction was challenged by plea in abatement, which alleged in effect that Pfeifer had been joined as a party…