Hoffman v. D. Landreth Seed Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, Justice.
This appeal presents two questions: (1) whether or not the appellant, D. Landreth Seed Company, a foreign corporation, is doing business within the state in the sense required to subject it to the jurisdiction of our courts, and (2) whether or not the party served was such an agent of appellant that service of process could properly be made.
This action was commenced by service of a summons upon one Christian A. Clark, a traveling representative of the appellant, while in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, on or about the 22nd day of August, 1949. Subsequent to the service of…
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