Legal Opinion
Southland Express, Inc. v. Scrap Metal Buyers of Tampa, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 7, 1994PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAWFORD, Judge.
This appeal concerns the trial court’s assertion of long-arm jurisdiction over a nonresident corporate defendant.
On February 4, 1992, plaintiff, Southland Express, Inc., filed a complaint against defendant, Scrap Metal Buyers of Tampa, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Tennessee, seeking recovery of the balance due for shipping charges incurred by defendant between July, 1990, and June, 1991. The complaint alleges that between July, 1990, and June, 1991, defendant engaged plaintiff to transport over one-hundred ninety (190) loads of goods at a total cost of…
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