Harold Howard Farms v. Hoffman

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Harold Howard Farms (Howard) appeals an adverse judgment in favor of appellee-plaintiff Herman Hoffman (Hoffman). Howard conducts a business in Remus, Michigan. Herman Hoffman is a resident of Indiana. Howard raises two issues for review, one of which is dispositive: whether the trial court erred in determining that Indiana courts acquired personal jurisdiction over the appellant.

The facts relevant to the appeal disclose that Howard and Hoffman are each in the business of buying, selling, trading, and breeding horses. Because each had attended and judged…