Jenkins v. Penn Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before MemmingER, J., Charleston, April, 1905. Motion by defendant in case of Edward K. Jenkins against Penn Bridge Company to set aside service of summons. From refusal, defendant appeals. Mr. Duncan cites: 39 Mich., 469; 19 Ency. P. & P., 665, note, sec. 15; 54 Eed. R., 420; 19 Ency. P. & P., 676; 81 Va., 568. Mr. Barnwell cites: Code of Proc., 155, sub. 1; 2 Fed. Cas., 850; 6 Tex., 391; 95 U. S., 714; 172 U. S., 602; 29 Eed.
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Before MemmingER, J., Charleston, April, 1905. Motion by defendant in case of Edward K. Jenkins against Penn Bridge Company to set aside service of summons. From refusal, defendant appeals. Mr. Duncan cites: 39 Mich., 469; 19 Ency. P. & P., 665, note, sec. 15; 54 Eed. R., 420; 19 Ency. P. & P., 676; 81 Va., 568. Mr. Barnwell cites: Code of Proc., 155, sub. 1; 2 Fed. Cas., 850; 6 Tex., 391; 95 U. S., 714; 172 U. S., 602; 29 Eed. R., 17; 39 S. C., 493. (Reporter furnished no argument.)
1Opinion of the Court
March 22, 1906. The first opinion was delivered by The plaintiff, Edward N. Jenkins, seeks in this action to recover of the defendant, Penn Bridge Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, the sum of $1,051.12 damages for breach of contract.
The defendant, appearing specially for that purpose, moved before Hon. R.W. Memminger, Circuit Judge, to set aside the service of the summons, "on the ground that the defendant is a foreign corporation and the person upon whom personal service of the summons was made is not, and was not at the time of said service, the…
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