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JOHNSTON v. HALLIDAY

No. 87-1187.

516 So.2d 84 (1987)

Clara Lane JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. Rose HALLIDAY and Charles Halliday, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Nelson, Miami, and Lorraine M. Glass, for appellant.

Leesfield & Blackburn and John Elliott Leighton, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order denying the defendant's amended motion to dismiss for insufficiency of service of process. Section 48.031(1), Florida Statutes (1985), requires that original process be served upon the defendant personally or by leaving copies at the defendant's "usual place of abode with any person residing therein who is 15 years of age or older and informing the person of their contents." There must be strict construction of, and strict compliance...

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