The Kroger Company v. Harold Dornbos and Beverly Dornbos, Individually and D/B/A H. J. Dornbos and Bro., and Rooks Transfer Lines, Inc.

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

These two interlocutory appeals 1 involve the application of the Tennessee long-arm statute, T.C.A. § 20-235. 2 Kro ger purchased smoked fish from Dorn-bos, a Michigan partnership, under a written purchase order. Dornbos executed a written guaranty that the goods ordered and shipped were not misbranded or adulterated within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The purchase order required Dornbos to deliver the fish to Kroger’s warehouse in Tennessee in a proper manner by a means of transportation selected by the seller. The fish were refrigerated…