MacKINNON v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO.

86-694.

518 So.2d 89 (1987)

Ruth Langston MacKINNON v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Ramsey and Charles J. Fleming of Ramsey, Flynn & Middlebrooks, Mobile, for appellant.

Jerry A. McDowell and Walter T. Gilmer, Jr. of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, for appellee.

Walter R. Byars of Steiner, Crum & Baker, Montgomery, for amicus curiae CSX Transp., Inc.


MADDOX, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company had sufficient minimum contacts with this state to authorize a circuit court in Mobile County to acquire in personam jurisdiction over it. The trial court determined that it did not have in personam jurisdiction and dismissed the case. We reverse and remand.

Ruth Langston MacKinnon filed this action in the Circuit Court of Mobile County...

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