State Ex Rel. Bernhart v. Barrs

TERRELL, J.:

Appellants instituted an action for personal injuries in the Civil Court of Record for Duval County against Robert James and Crystal M. Peebles. The foundation for the action was an automobile accident which occurred in Nassau County. The defendants filed a plea of privilege alleging they were citizens of West Virginia and claimed the right to be sued in Nassau County, where the cause of action accrued. A demurrer to the plea of privilege was overruled and a motion to dismiss the cause was granted.

Appellants then filed petition for alternative writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court…