Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Ford Motor Company
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 15, 1942No. 15429PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr.
ChiEE Justice Bonham :
Two issues present themselves for determination in this case:(1) Was the respondent doing business in this State in the sense required to subject it to the jurisdiction of the Courts thereof, at the time this cause of action arose, and at the time of the commencement of the action; and(2) Was service made on its agent so as to support a personal judgment against it.
These two questions are so interrelated, and are so intermingled in their discussion by some of the authorities which will be cited herein, that to some extent they…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- International Harvester Co. of America v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Commercial Mutual Accident Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Joseph M. Shealy, Jr. v. Challenger Manufacturing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Vanwyk Textile Systems, B v. v. Zimmer MacHinery America, Inc.District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1997
- Triplett Ex Rel. Triplett v. R. M. Wade & Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1973
- Colleton County Taxpayers Ass'n v. School District of Colleton CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- State v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1946
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