Campbell v. Stoner

SWANN, Judge.

Plaintiff Campbell sued Louis B. Stoner and Indian Creek Country Club, Inc. for negligently causing the death of her husband and sought damages under the *475wrongful death statute and survival statute.1

Attached to her complaint was a summons directing the sheriff to serve the defendant Stoner at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. The sheriff’s return showed that a copy of the complaint and summons was personally served upon the defendant Stoner on December 15, 1970.

Defendant Stoner filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction over the person, for…