Foster v. Morrison

84 S.E.2d 344, 226 S.C. 149, 1954 S.C. LEXIS 88

• Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
• Decided: November 1, 1954
• Docket: 16922
• Status: Published

Opinions

Taylor, Justice.

Where a foreign corporation has complied with the statutory requirements as to the appointment of a process agent, the Supreme Court of the United States has clearly indicated a leaning toward the construction of such statutes where possible, that would exclude from their operation causes of action not arising in the business done by them in the state. Missouri Pac. Railroad Co. v. Clarendon Boat Oar Co., 257 U. S. 533, 42 S. Ct. 210, 66 L. Ed. 354; Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Const. Co., 257 U. S. 213, 42 S. Ct. 84, 66 L. Ed. 201; Chipman v. Thomas B. Jeffrey Co., 251 U. S. 373, 40 S. Ct. 172, 64 L. Ed. 314.

We, therefore, would affirm and report the Order appealed from. Let the Order be reported.

Legge, J., and Bruce Littlejohn, A. A. J., concur. Oxner, J., concurs in result. Stukes, J., dissents.