NEWBY, Justice.
This case presents the question of whether a trial court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over an action when the summons in the case has not been signed by a statutorily designated member of the clerk of court's office and thus has not been legally issued. Because we hold that the lack of a proper summons implicates personal jurisdiction rather than subject matter jurisdiction, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.
On 28 March...
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