Legal Opinion

David Caldwell, Etc. And James C. Harvey v. Palmetto State Savings Bank of South Carolina, Etc., Defendants

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 9, 1987No. 86-1712PublishedCited by 187 opinions

1Per curiam

The plaintiffs, David Caldwell and James C. Harvey, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their claims due to lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants, Palmetto Savings Bank of South Carolina, Service Corporation of South Carolina, Guy S. Hutchins, Jr., Mackie Altman, R.D. Price, and C.W. Walker. We affirm.

I. Background

Caldwell and Harvey, residents of Texas, contracted to purchase the assets of a South Carolina general partnership, the Georgetown Shrimp Company. To finance the purchase, the plaintiffs borrowed $350,-000 from the Palmetto State Savings Bank of South Carolina. The…

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