Legal Opinion
Yarborough v. Schoolfield Furniture Industries, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 2, 1980No. 21260PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ness, Justice:
This appeal is from an order denying appellant Hickory Furniture Company’s motion to quash service for lack of in personam jurisdiction. We reverse.
Appellant is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Hickory, North Carolina. Schoolfield Furniture Industries, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary which operates a furniture plant in Mullins, South Carolina. Respondents, all foreign corporations with principal places of business in states other than South Carolina, are unsecured business creditors of Schoolfield.
Respondents, seeking to hold appellant liable for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Cannon Manufacturing Co. v. Cudahy Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Scalise v. Beech Aircraft CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Abney Mills v. Tri-State Motor Transit CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Allen v. Columbia Financial Management, Ltd.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1988
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