Case Name: Robert L. KNASER and Reliance Insurance Company, a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, Appellants, v. Emmett D. SMITH, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-12-05
Citations: 323 So. 2d 643
Docket Number: No. 74-1788
Parties: Robert L. KNASER and Reliance Insurance Company, a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, Appellants, v. Emmett D. SMITH, Appellee.
Judges: CROSS, OWEN and MAGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 323
Pages: 643–643

Head Matter:
Robert L. KNASER and Reliance Insurance Company, a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, Appellants, v. Emmett D. SMITH, Appellee.
No. 74-1788.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 5, 1975.
William E. Lawton and William L. Colbert of Stenstrom Davis & McIntosh, Sanford, for appellants.
Kenneth M. Leffler of Hutchison Lef-fler & Morris, Altamonte Springs, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants-defendants, Robert L. Knaser and Knaser's insurer, Reliance Insurance Company, appeal an order determining the validity of service of process on Appellant-Knaser and failure to dismiss an amended complaint in an action suggesting devastavit. We reverse.
Upon review of the record on appeal and after consideration of the briefs of the parties, we determine that since appellee's cause of action as alleged against Appellant-Knaser arose prior to July 1, 1973, the effective date of Sections 48.193 and 48.-194, Florida Statutes, Knaser, a resident of the State of Ohio, was not subject to service of process perfected pursuant to these sections. See Barton v. Keyes Co., 305 So.2d 269 (Fla.App.1974); Marshall v. Johnson, 301 So.2d 134 (Fla.App.1974). Therefore, the trial court did not have jurisdiction over Knaser's person and erred in denying Knaser's motion to dismiss.
Accordingly, the trial court's order denying appellant-Knaser's motion to dismiss is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss appellee's amended complaint as to appellant Knaser only.
CROSS, OWEN and MAGER, JJ., concur.