MacIVOR v. VOLVO PENTA OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 84-1926.

471 So.2d 187 (1985)

James J. MacIVOR and Celeste MacIvor, His Wife, Appellants, v. VOLVO PENTA OF AMERICA, INC., Volvo of America Corporation, Ab Volvo Penta Incorporated, and Palmetto Marine Distributors, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rentz & Hendricks, Daniels & Hicks and Patrice A. Talisman, Miami, for appellants.

Corlett, Killian, Hardeman, McIntosh & Levi and Leanne J. Frank, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The order under review quashing the process served in Sweden upon AB Volvo Penta, a Swedish corporation, on the ground that the appellants, by not timely filing an affidavit "by any officer authorized to serve process in the state where the person is served," failed to comply with Section 48.194, Florida Statutes (1983), is reversed upon a holding that even assuming, arguendo, that such an affidavit must be filed when service is made in another state of...

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