Legal Opinion
Elmo A. Turner, Jr. v. Jack Tar Grand Bahama, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1965No. 22234_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s- order granting appellee’s motion to dismiss this action for lack of in personam jurisdiction. Appellant brought this suit to recover for personal injuries sustained while attending a sales convention held at appellee’s hotel in the Grand Bahamas. It is undisputed that all the convention arrangements were made at the Grand Bahama Hotel itself by appellant’s employer.
Jack Tar Grand Bahama, Ltd. is incorporated under the laws of the British Crown Colony of Bahama. It has never obtained a certificate of authority to do business in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Edwin A. Walker v. Van H. Savell and the Associated PressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Harriett MacInnes and Malcolm D. MacInnes Individually and as Husband and Wife v. Fontainebleau Hotel Corp., Defendant-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- National Hotel Co. v. MotleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
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