Leasefirst v. Allied Machinery of South Florida, Inc.

FARMER, Judge.

In this equipment lease, appellee (as lessee) expressly consented to suit in Michigan with a waiver of a jury, as well as the appointment of a named entity in Michigan as its agent for service of process. Claiming a default, appellant (as the lessor) brought an action in Michigan against ap-pellee and served the contractually appointed agent with process. Ultimately, a default judgment was entered against appel-lee by the Michigan court.

Appellant then brought the judgment to Florida and recorded it. To head off the inevitable execution on its assets, appellee filed a proceeding…