G. V. Florida Transit Inc. vs Tiara Commercial Corporation established that voluntary appearance of a defendant is equivalent to service of summons, which gives a court jurisdiction over the defendant. However, if a defendant raises the issue of lack of jurisdiction, they can also include other grounds for objection without it being considered a voluntary appearance that waives the jurisdiction argument.
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G. V. Florida Transit Inc. vs Tiara Commercial Corporation established that voluntary appearance of a defendant is equivalent to service of summons, which gives a court jurisdiction over the defendant. However, if a defendant raises the issue of lack of jurisdiction, they can also include other grounds for objection without it being considered a voluntary appearance that waives the jurisdiction argument.
G. V. Florida Transit Inc. vs Tiara Commercial Corporation established that voluntary appearance of a defendant is equivalent to service of summons, which gives a court jurisdiction over the defendant. However, if a defendant raises the issue of lack of jurisdiction, they can also include other grounds for objection without it being considered a voluntary appearance that waives the jurisdiction argument.
Under Section 20 of Rule 14, voluntary appearance of a defendant is equivalent to service of summons, which then gives a court jurisdiction over such defendant. Section 20 of Rule 14 of the Rules of Court provides that so long as a defendant raises the issue of lack of jurisdiction, he or she is allowed to include other grounds of objection. In such case, there is no voluntary appearance.