STEEL JOIST INST., INC. v. J.H. MANN, III, INC.

No. 5544.

171 So.2d 625 (1965)

STEEL JOIST INSTITUTE, INC., Appellant, v. J.H. MANN, III, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Lamb, Washington, D.C., and Coleman, Leonard & Morse, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Roe H. Wilkins, of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for appellee.


ALLEN, Judge.

We have before us an interlocutory appeal from an order of the lower court denying the jurisdictional motions of appellant, Steel Joist Institute, Inc., the defendant below. The court held that the appellant was "engaged in business" in the State of Florida within the meaning of Section 47.16(1), Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and therefore was amenable to substituted service under the provisions of Section 47.30, Florida Statutes, F.S.A.

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