Hoover ex rel. Butler v. Gates

Appellants, plaintiffs in the trial court, seek review of an order of the trial court quashing service of process upon the ap-pellee-defendant, Edward LeBlance.

Appellee, LeBlance, had parked his automobile in front of a friend’s house in Dade County in such a manner that the rear of a house trailer attached to the car protruded into the street. The appellant, Lucinda Hoover [a minor] was riding her bicycle down the street and collided with the trailer. As a result of this accident, the appellants brought the instant suit. Process was served upon LeBlance, a nonresident of Florida, pursuant to…