487 So. 2d 1131 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1986
On the ground that the defendant-appellant Blackmon, a resident of California, was not properly served with process, we reverse the order below denying his motion to set aside a default entered against him. Of the several attempts at service of process asserted by the plaintiff below, the only even arguably valid one
For these reasons, we conclude that the trial court did not obtain jurisdiction over the appellant, and the order under review is therefore reversed with directions to vacate the default.
Reversed.
. The other alleged grounds of jurisdiction may be summarily rejected without discussion.
. § 48.193(5) provides:
Nothing contained in this section limits or affects the right to serve any process in any other manner now or hereinafter provided by law.
. Compare, for example, the "doing business" basis of long-arm jurisdiction contained in § 48.193(l)(a), as to which service through the secretary of state is also authorized by § 48.181. See American Motors Corp. v. Abrahantes, 474 So.2d 271, 272 n. 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).