READER'S DIGEST ASS'N v. STATE EX REL. CONNER

No. P-131.

251 So.2d 552 (1971)

The READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, d/b/a Reader's Digest, a Foreign Corporation Not Permitted to Do Business in the State of Florida, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida On the Relation of Doyle CONNER, Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Florida, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ausley, Ausley, McMullen, McGehee & Carothers, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Chastain and Donald K. Rudser, Tallahassee, for appellees.


RAWLS, Judge.

By this interlocutory appeal Reader's Digest challenges the in personam jurisdiction of the State of Florida. The sole issue as posed by appellee is: The Court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and in retaining jurisdiction.

The State of Florida instituted an action seeking a declaratory judgment and an injunction against Reader's Digest Association, Inc., a Delaware corporation, alleging, inter alia, that...

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