HENDERSON EQUIP. CO. v. DEPT. OF PUB. SAFETY

No. 14983.

409 So.2d 689 (1982)

HENDERSON EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, State of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Kuhn, Denham Springs, for plaintiff.

Michael R. Eubanks, Purvis, Miss., for R & C Equipment Co. and Robert Breland.

James C. Dixon, Baton Rouge, for the Dept. of Public Safety.

John W. Perry, Baton Rouge, for American Gen. Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.

David M. Vaughn, Baton Rouge, for Tom Fairey Equipment Co. and Hertz Equipment Rental.

Before CHIASSON, EDWARDS and LEAR, JJ.


CHIASSON, Judge.

Applicant, Tom Fairey Company, a Texas domiciliary, has been sued by plaintiff, Henderson Equipment Company, Inc., in Louisiana. Plaintiff's suit, as it concerns the applicant, alleges that it (plaintiff), rather than the applicant, is the owner of certain John Deere farm equipment.

Service of process was made on applicant by plaintiff under the provisions of LRS-13:3201 et seq. (the long arm statute). Applicant filed a declinatory exception...

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