Beverly v. Adrian Const. Co.

Defendant corporation, Adrian Const. Co., Inc. (Adrian), has filed a motion to quash service of summons, presenting the question of whether or not the rule of Gauder v. Canton Provision Company (1937), 56 Ohio App. 170, 24 Ohio Law Abs. 433, 10 N. E. 2d 163, 9 O. O. 288, is affected by the Ohio Legislature’s adoption of Rule 20, Federal Buies of Civil Procedure1 by the enactment of Section 2307.191, Bevised Code, effective August 26,1963, and if so, to what extent. Apparently, this is a matter concerning which there is no Ohio precedent.

The pleadings show that Adrian has, as general…