Ex parte Helveston

This is an original petition to this Court for a writ of mandamus directed to a judge of the Circuit Court of Mobile County to review a ruling made by him denying a motion of petitioner to quash service on him as a defendant in a suit at law in the Mobile Circuit Court for the recovery of damages resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant in operating an automobile on the public roads of that county and on the streets of the city of Mobile.

Petitioner was charged by the city police with reckless driving, and his trial set for a future date and he was instructed by the police to appear…