Krell v. Carolina Bank

Shaw, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order which determined South Carolina courts have in personam jurisdiction over a bank organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina. We affirm.

The respondent, Mary R. Krell, is the administratrix of the estate of her husband, Roy A. Krell, Sr. Prior to his death, Mr. Krell, a licensed realtor, sold a tract of land in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, for which $7,200 down payment was paid by check drawn on the appellant — Carolina Bank (its Aberdeen, North Carolina branch). Carolina Bank stopped payment on the check. This suit alleges the stop…