American International Pictures, Inc. v. Morgan

MEMORANDUM OPINION

READY, Chief Judge.

In this diversity case, American International Pictures, Inc., a California corporation, and nine other foreign corporations listed as plaintiffs, sue J. R. Morgan, a resident citizen of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in this federal district court of Mississippi for an accounting and damages in excess of $10,000. Plaintiff, alleging that the defendant was doing business in Mississippi by operating six motion picture threatres under the name of Tyson Theatres, sought to obtain process upon Morgan by serving summons upon Mississippi’s Secretary of State under…