Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Henry

A resident of Ashley County brought suit in the Ashley Circuit Court against petitioner to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by its negligence in an automobile accident in Pulaski County while being transported to the latter county by it as a witness. Service of summons was had upon petitioner’s designated agent for service in Pulaski County, who was also its general State agent.

Petitioner specially appeared in the Ashley Circuit Court, and moved to quash the service on the ground that it is a foreign corporation authorized to do business in Arkansas; that it…