Legal Opinion
Borg-Warner Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Lovett & Tharpe, Inc., a Georgia Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 1986No. 85-8260PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Borg-Warner Acceptance Corporation (“Borg-Warner”), a Delaware corporation, appeals the dismissal of its suit to domesticate and collect a Missouri state court judgment against Lovett & Tharpe, Inc., a Georgia corporation. The district court dismissed the action on the ground that the Missouri court lacked in personam jurisdiction over the defendant, which rendered the Missouri default judgment void and unenforceable. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND COURSE OF PROCEEDINGS
In 1980, Lovett & Tharpe, a Georgia corporation having its principal place of business in Dublin, Georgia,…
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