Legal Opinion

Joseph M. Shealy, Jr. v. Challenger Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 19, 1962No. 8510_1PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Contending it was not amenable to substituted service of process in South Carolina, the defendant in this tort action sought its dismissal. Its motion was denied, the District Court being of the opinion the Tennessee corporation was "doing business” in South Carolina. 1 We allowed an interlocutory appeal under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292 (b). After full consideration, however, we conclude that the order of the District Court was manifestly correct.

The defendant is a Tennessee manufacturer of disappearing or folding stairways of the sort frequently installed…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Southern MacHine Company, Inc. v. Mohasco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
  2. Annie Nell Ratliff and Henry Ratliff v. Cooper Laboratories, Inc., Alice W. Nichols v. Sterling Drug Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
  3. Vencedor Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Gougler Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
  4. Eyerly Aircraft Co. v. Jack Killian, Individually and for and on Behalf of Jan Killian, a MinorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. McLaughlin v. CopelandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977

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