Courtney v. Meyer

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court:

The plaintiff, a resident of York County, brought this action in the Circuit Court of that county, against the defendant, Mrs. Gertrude H. Meyer, a resident of the State of New York, seeking the recovery of damages, actual and punitive, on account of injuries sustained in an automobile collision in^ Chesterfield County, on February 18, 1942.

Service was perfected by serving the summons and complaint upon the Director of the Motor Vehicle Division of the State Highway Department, as agent for the nonresident defendant,…