STATE EX REL. FORD MOTOR CO. v. MANNERS

No. SC 86065.

161 S.W.3d 373 (2005)

STATE ex rel. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Relator, v. The Honorable Michael W. MANNERS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Adams, Steven D. Soden, Douglas W. Robinson, Kansas City, MO, for Relator.

J. Kent Emison, Robert L. Langdon, Lexington, MO, W. James Foland, Kansas City, MO, for Respondent.


WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

Plaintiff served an employee of Ford Motor Company with process in Jackson County. Because the employee was not "an officer, partner, [or] a managing or general agent," Ford was not "found" in Jackson County and venue is not proper under section 508.010(1).1 See sec. 506.150. The preliminary writ of prohibition is made absolute.

I. Facts and Procedure

This lawsuit arose from a car...

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