Case Name: FASHION TWO TWENTY, INC., Appellant, v. RALPH AND REBA, INC., Ralph Meyer and Reba L. Meyer, his wife, individually, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-10-19
Citations: 254 So. 2d 49
Docket Number: Nos. 71-983, 71-984
Parties: FASHION TWO TWENTY, INC., Appellant, v. RALPH AND REBA, INC., Ralph Meyer and Reba L. Meyer, his wife, individually, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before PEARSON, HENDRY and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 254
Pages: 49–50

Head Matter:
FASHION TWO TWENTY, INC., Appellant, v. RALPH AND REBA, INC., Ralph Meyer and Reba L. Meyer, his wife, individually, et al., Appellees.
Nos. 71-983, 71-984.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 19, 1971.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 23, 1971.
Blackwell,,Walker & Gray and James E. Tribble, Miami, Kottler & Danzig and Randall D. Luke, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.
Pettigrew & Bailey, Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Carson & Wahl, Robert J. Lewison, Miami, for appellees.
Before PEARSON, HENDRY and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PEARSON, Judge.
These interlocutory appeals are from an order denying defendant-appellant's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and an order denying a motion for rehearing addressed to the same order. The suit was brought by a franchisee against its franchisor. The question presented is whether a franchisor who is not and has not been physically present in this state can be said to be doing business in the state where the franchisor exerts control over the franchisee and others so that the franchise is breached.
We affirm the finding of the trial judge that appellant was doing business in this state within the meaning of F.S. § 48.181, F.S.A. See Woodring v. Crown Engineering Co., Fla.App.1962, 141 So.2d 816. See also DiGiovanni v. Gittelson, Fla.App.1965, 181 So.2d 195, and Reader's Digest Ass'n, v. State Ex Rel. Conner, Fla.App.1971, 251 So.2d 552, where this court distinguished Fawcett Publications, Inc. v. Rand, Fla.App.1962, 144 So.2d 512.
Affirmed.