Rollins Nursing Home, Inc. v. M & LC/Stillwell Mortgage Co.

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

This action is a proceeding brought by M & LC/Stillwell Mortgage Company to register a default judgment obtained by it against Rollins Nursing Home, Inc. and Calvin D. Rollins in the Circuit Court of Broward County, Florida on October 24, 1977. Appellants resisted the registration of the judgment upon the ground that the Florida court had no jurisdiction over them under the Florida long-arm statute. The trial court held that appellants were properly served with summons issued out of the Florida court because they were engaged in a business venture in the sense of the…