RICHARD BERTRAM & CO. v. AMERICAN MARINE, LTD.

No. 71-1154.

258 So.2d 335 (1972)

RICHARD BERTRAM & CO., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. AMERICAN MARINE, LTD., a Hong Kong Corporation, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixon, Dixon, Lane & Mitchell, Miami, for appellant.

Freeman, Richardson, Watson, Slade & McCarthy, Jacksonville, for appellees.

Before PEARSON, HENDRY and BARKDULL, JJ.


PEARSON, Judge.

The plaintiff Richard Bertram & Co., a Florida corporation, appeals an order granting the motion of appellee American Marine, Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation, dismissing it from the cause upon the ground that the defendant American Marine, Ltd. is a foreign corporation which did not do business in the State of Florida and that therefore service of summons had not been effectively made pursuant to F.S.A. § 48.181. We hold that the affidavits...

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