Legal Opinion
Payne v. Claffy
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided April 30, 1984No. 0162PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Goolsby, Judge.
The sole issue involved in this appeal is whether the statute of limitations prescribed by Section 15-3-600 of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976) bars the prosecution of an action brought by the respondent Scott Payne against the appellant Joseph F. Claffy to enforce a foreign judgment. Claffy appeals the granting of summary judgment in Payne’s favor. We affirm.
Payne obtained a judgment against Claffy on May 14,1965 in the Corporation Court of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, when both parties resided in Virginia. Several attempts by Payne to collect on his judgment in…
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