DILLON EQUITIES v. PALMER & CAY, INC.

85-604.

501 So.2d 459 (1986)

DILLON EQUITIES d/b/a H.L. Franklin's Place v. PALMER & CAY, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Lewis Garrison, Jr. of Corley, Moncus, Bynum & De Buys, Birmingham, for appellant.

W.J. McDaniel and William A. Mudd of McDaniel, Hall, Conerly & Lusk, Birmingham, for appellees Palmer & Cay, Inc., and James F. Roberts.

Edgar M. Elliott III and LaBella S. Kyle of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellee U.S. Fire Ins. Co.


HOUSTON, Justice.

The threshold issue in this case is whether the Jefferson Circuit Court had in personam jurisdiction over defendants Palmer & Cay, Inc., and James F. Roberts.

The following facts are uncontested: The plaintiff, Dillon Equities d/b/a H.L. Franklin's Place ("Franklin's") is a Georgia corporation, whose sole asset is H.L. Franklin's Place, which is a restaurant/lounge in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

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