Howland v. Bevis’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. ““ * * * This personal injury suit was brought against a non-resident of Florida. Service was effected under the provisions of Sections 47.29 and 47.30 of the Florida Statutes (1953), F.S.A. This law permits service on the Secretary of State as to a non-resident who is charged with negligent injury in an automobile accident in Florida either while non-resident or after changing a Florida residence at time of injury to non-residence at time of suit and service. It was thus sufficient, for the purpose of charging jurisdiction in the District and in Florida, to allege that at the time of the suit the defendant was a resident of Texas and that the injury had occurred in Florida. It was not necessary to allege that the defendant was either a resident or a nonresident of Florida at the time of the injury. The statutes were applicable in either event. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 226 So. 2d 351 - Penn v. Ashley