MALONE & HYDE, INC. v. CHISLEY

No. 91-237.

825 S.W.2d 558 (1992)

308 Ark. 308

MALONE & HYDE, INC., Petitioner, v. Elvert CHISLEY and John Plegge, Circuit Judge of the Seventh Division Pulaski County Circuit Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hodges, Little Rock, for petitioner.

Darryl E. Baker and James Gerard Schulze, Little Rock, for respondents.


BROWN, Justice.

This case presents the single issue of whether the circuit judge exceeded his authority in accepting jurisdiction of a lawsuit brought by a Louisiana resident, Elvert Chisley, against a non-resident corporate defendant, Malone & Hyde, Inc., involving an accident that occurred in Tennessee. We hold that he did, and we grant the petition of Malone & Hyde.

On January 14, 1988, Elvert Chisley...

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