Jay Group, Ltd. v. Bootery of Haywood Mall, Inc.

HUFF, Judge:

The Bootery of Haywood Mall, Inc. (Haywood Bootery) appeals from the trial judge’s order according full faith and credit to a North Carolina default judgment in favor of the Jay Group, Ltd. We reverse.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The Jay Group is a shoe wholesaler in North Carolina. The Haywood Bootery is one of several separate South Carolina corporate entities doing business as George’s Bootery. Each of the entities, including Haywood Bootery, operates its own retail shoe store.

The Jay Group filed an action in North Carolina for an account debt against several of the entities,…