Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1943

Gibbes v. National Hospital Service, Inc.

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided February 23, 1943 · Chiee, Bonham, Messrs, Fishburne, Stukes, Fide

24 S.E.2d 513; 202 S.C. 304; 1943 S.C. LEXIS 31 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Mr. Carlisle Roberts , of Columbia, Counsel for Appellant, cites: As to jurisdiction of Magistrate's Court to try a suit against an Insurance Company not a resident of the County in which suit is brought: Constitution of S.C. of 1895, Article 5, Section 23. Messrs. Williams Busbee , of Aiken, Counsel for Respondent, cite: As to defendant corporation being subject to suit in Magistrate's Court of a County other than the one of corporation's residence: 62 S.C. 293 , 40 S.E., 692 ; C.J. S., Vol. 19, Sec. 1296; Id. , Sec. 1298; Id. , 1299; 2 S.E.2d 669 (Ga.); C.J., 14-A, Secs. 2882, 2883, and 2884, Footnotes; 28 A.L.R., 1292. Counsel for Appellant, in Reply Brief, cites: As to Defendant Corporation being subject to suit in Magistrate's Court of Aiken County: 13 North Carolina Law Review,

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam.

The Court is satisfied, from a careful study of. the questions presented by this appeal, that Judge Henderson correctly disposed of all issues involved in the case. For the reasons stated by him in his decree, which will be reported, the judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.

*312 Mr. Chiee Justice Bonham, Messrs. Associate Justices Fishburne and Stukes, and Circuit Judge F. D. Fide, Acting Associate Justice, concur.

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