Legal Opinion
Lisenby v. Patz
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided April 22, 1955No. Civ. A. 4639, 4640, 4797, 4798PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
These four actions involve a vital question relating to practice and procedure in the Federal Courts of South Carolina. Succinctly stated, the question is as follows:
“May a citizen and resident of South Carolina, having sustained a personal injury in South Carolina in an accident alleged to have been caused by a non-resident, assign an undivided one one-hundredth (%oo) interest in his claim to a citizen and resident of the same state in which the non-resident defendant resides, and thereafter institute an action in the South Carolina State Court and defeat the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Rosecrans v. William S. Lozier, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Harry W. McCoy v. Floyd T. Blakely, Personal Representative and Administrator of the Estate of Mary Nadine Catron, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
- Hodges v. Lake Summit Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- Holt v. MiddlebrookCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gentle v. Lamb-Weston, Inc.District Court, D. Maine · 1969
- Grassi v. Ciba-Geigy, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Grassi v. Ciba-Geigy, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Doremus Ex Rel. Rentz v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Arant v. StoverDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1969
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