Charles R. Allen, Inc. v. Rhode Island Ins. Co.

Oxner, Justice.

The parties to this controversy are (1) Charles R. Allen, Inc., a South Carolina corporation engaged in buying and selling food and food products, with its principal place of business at Charleston; (2) Pan American Food Products, Inc., a corporation under the laws of Puerto Rico engaged in processing foods at Bayamon, Puerto Rico; and (3) Rhode Island Insurance Company, a corporation under the laws of Rhode Island, which does business in South Carolina and has an office and agent at Charleston. Although not a party to this action, there was also involved in the transaction…