Rankin Lumber Co. v. Gravely
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Williamsburg, Spring term, 1918. Action by the Rankin Lumber Company against R. L. Graveley and others, and from an order of the Common Pleas Circuit Court, refusing a motion by the defendant, the Pee Dee Brick & Tile Company, a corporation, etc., to change the place of trial from Williamsburg county to Marion county, the defendants appeal. submit: The defendant, trustees, were not and are not necessary parties to this action: Code of Civil Procedure,…
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Before SeasE, J., Williamsburg, Spring term, 1918. Action by the Rankin Lumber Company against R. L. Graveley and others, and from an order of the Common Pleas Circuit Court, refusing a motion by the defendant, the Pee Dee Brick & Tile Company, a corporation, etc., to change the place of trial from Williamsburg county to Marion county, the defendants appeal. submit: The defendant, trustees, were not and are not necessary parties to this action: Code of Civil Procedure, sections 160, 162; 82 S. C. 294; 103 S. C. 55; 5 U. S. Law Ed. 328; 7 U. S. Law Ed. 297; 20 R. C. L, 669. If this Court…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is an appeal from an order of Judge Sease, refusing a motion made by the appellant, the Pee Dee Brick & Tile Company, to change the place of trial in this case from Williamsburg county to Marion county, in which last county the defendant, a corporation, has its principal place of business.
The exceptions, two in number, raise only one question, and that is, Shall the case be tried in Williamsburg county or Marion county ?
1,2 The facts of the case show conclusively that the only parties to the suit who reside in Williamsburg county…
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