Leonard L. Bentz v. Sam Recile

Defendants Sam Recile, Sajare Interests, Ltd., and Brian Investments, Ltd., appeal from the district court’s granting of summary judgment. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Leonard L. Bentz, the plaintiff and a resident of Mississippi, brought a civil action in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi to recover some $18,500.00 on two promissory notes from Sam J. Recile and the other defendants, all of whom are residents of Louisiana. The defendants challenged the state court’s in personam jurisdiction over them under the Mississippi long arm statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 13-3-57 (Supp.1984), but…