Prince

Appeal from an order granting the motion of defendant Sonnie Gay, Ltd., Inc., for order quashing service of summons.

The complaint (unverified) alleges in substance as follows: Defendant Sonnie Gay, Ltd., Inc., is a Delaware corporation. Defendant Davidson Automatic Merchandising Co., also known as Davidson Automatic Manufacturing Co., is a Delaware corporation, is licensed to transact business in California, and has its principal place of business in Los Angeles County. Defendant Davidson Merchandising Co. has changed its corporate name and is now known as Automatic Retailers of America, Inc., and the defendant Sonnie Gay, Ltd., Inc., is a subsidiary of that defendant corporation. At Los Angeles, California, on July 28, 1959, a written agreement was entered into between plaintiff Prince and defendant Sonnie Gay whereby said defendant corporation gave an exclusive agreement to the plaintiff to initiate negotiations for the sale of *543 Sonnie Gay, and as compensation for said services that defendant agreed to pay plaintiff a sum not to exceed 5 per cent of the total sales price. Plaintiff initiated negotiations for such sale to the other defendants, which sale was consummated in…