Southern Foundry Supply, Inc. v. Spang & Co.

Southern Foundry Supply Co. Inc., a Tennessee corporation, sued Spang & Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, for breach of a lease contract, and obtained service of process by means of Tennessee’s Long Arm Statute, § 20-235 T.C.A. Spang & Company challenged the process, and so the jurisdiction of the Court, by plea in abatement. (See Appendix 1). The plea in abatement was overruled, the case tried, and damages awarded Southern Foundry Supply, Inc.

Spang & Company appealed to the Court of Appeals on a transcript abbreviated by its designation in accordance with §§ 27-323, 324, 325 T.C.A., and…