Charles R. Allen, Inc. v. Island Co-Operative Services Co-Operative Ass'n

Oxner, Justice.

This action was brought by Charles R. Allen, Inc., a South Carolina corporation, against Island Co-Operative Services Co-Operative Association, Ltd., a Canadian corporation, to recover damages for breach of contract. The cardinal question involved on this appeal is whether the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County acquired jurisdiction of the defendant, a foreign corporation. The answer depends upon the ownership of the proceeds of a draft attached as the property of defendant by the Sheriff of Charleston County.

*317The defendant, which was served by publication, denied, that…