Peterson v. Kirk

SPOTO, I. C., Associate Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal (Rule 4.2, Florida Appellate Rules, 31 F.S.A.) from an order overruling a motion to dismiss an action based on negligence, on the ground that the defendant, John Lee Peterson (appellant here), is privileged to be sued in the county of his residence. The motion to dismiss contains three grounds, but the only question argued before this Court is the question of proper venue. The suit is against the defendant, John Lee Peterson and the Greyhound Corporation, alleged to be a foreign corporation authorized to do business in this state,…