DUKES v. JOWERS

1900595.

584 So.2d 524 (1991)

Josephine DUKES, as administratrix of the Estate of Jeffrey Dwayne Dukes, deceased v. William JOWERS and the Estate of Leonard Jowers, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Goggans, Montgomery, for appellant.

John W. Kelly III, Selma, for appellee William Jowers.

J. Parke Keith of Blackwell & Keith, Selma, for appellee Mary Jowers, as executrix of the Estate of Leonard Jowers, deceased.


MADDOX, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the trial court erred in its holding that the plaintiff had filed her complaint without the requisite intention of having process served upon the defendant at the time she filed. If she had that intent, then she satisfied the filing requirements for purposes of the statute of limitations; if not, then, pursuant to prior holdings of this Court, her complaint was untimely filed.

On October 3, 1988...

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