Legal Opinion

Emanuel v. Ferris

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 14, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Before Benet, J., Charleston, May, 1901. Action by Amelia J. Emanuel against Richard B. Ferris, Edward H. Sparkman and Henry S. Holmes, as executors of the last will and testament of James S. Gibbes, sr., deceased; Henry S. Holmes, as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of James Gibbes Haile, deceased; Henry S. Holmes, as trustee, under the marriage settlement between James S. Gibbes, sr., George E. Gibbes, Amelia S. Gibbes and John Haile; W. Gibbes Whaley, as…

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Before Benet, J., Charleston, May, 1901. Action by Amelia J. Emanuel against Richard B. Ferris, Edward H. Sparkman and Henry S. Holmes, as executors of the last will and testament of James S. Gibbes, sr., deceased; Henry S. Holmes, as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of James Gibbes Haile, deceased; Henry S. Holmes, as trustee, under the marriage settlement between James S. Gibbes, sr., George E. Gibbes, Amelia S. Gibbes and John Haile; W. Gibbes Whaley, as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of Henry P. Gibbes, deceased; Screven Dozier and John Chesnut, as…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

Motions, supported by affidavits, were made before his Honor, Judge Benet, in behalf of the six defendants, namely, Farmers Loan and Trust Company, Charles Hartridge Gibbes, Arthur B. M. Gibbes, H. Stuart Gibbes, Thomas M. Gibbes and Virginia P. Gibbes, to set aside the service of the summons in the above entitled action upon each one of them, on the ground that the defendant, the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, was a foreign corporation, and under sec. 155 of the Code of Procedure of the State of South Carolina, the Court had no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. St. Clair v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Mexican Central Railway Co. v. PinkneySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Wilson v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dyar v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
  2. Foster v. NordmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
  3. Bush v. AldrichSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
  4. Hendrix v. HendrixSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1988
  5. Sanders v. D. Landreth Seed Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1912

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