George A. Hormel & Co. v. Ackman

The controlling question here relates to the legality vel non of the service of summons ad respondendum upon the defendant in the court below, a nonresident corporation, upon which service judgment by default and final judgment were rendered against the defendant, plaintiff in error here, in an action in tort for damages. The sheriff’s return showed service upon one James C. Waseman, “being then and there a business agent of the defendant * * * resident in the State of Florida; and there being then and there no President, Vice-President, or other head of such corporation, nor Cashier, nor…