Case Name: CATHERINE S. FOSTER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Florence C. Burroughs, deceased, Appellant, and CLINTON J. BURROUGHS, Appellant, v. H. D. MORRISON and J. M. McMANUS, individually and as partners trading as Mor-Mac Motor Court, and RULANE GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Defendants, of which RULANE GAS COMPANY, a corporation, is Respondent. (two cases)
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1954-11-01
Citations: 226 S.C. 149
Docket Number: 16922
Parties: CATHERINE S. FOSTER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Florence C. Burroughs, deceased, Appellant, and CLINTON J. BURROUGHS, Appellant, v. H. D. MORRISON and J. M. McMANUS, individually and as partners trading as Mor-Mac Motor Court, and RULANE GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Defendants, of which RULANE GAS COMPANY, a corporation, is Respondent. (two cases)
Judges: Legge, J., and Bruce Littlejohn, A. A. J., concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 149–164

Head Matter:
16922
CATHERINE S. FOSTER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Florence C. Burroughs, deceased, Appellant, and CLINTON J. BURROUGHS, Appellant, v. H. D. MORRISON and J. M. McMANUS, individually and as partners trading as Mor-Mac Motor Court, and RULANE GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Defendants, of which RULANE GAS COMPANY, a corporation, is Respondent. (two cases)
(84 S. E. (2d) 344)
Messrs. James P. Mozingo, III, John L. Nettles, Benny R. Greer, and Keith A. Gatlin, of Darlington, and Bell, Horn, Bradley and Gebhardt, of Charlotte, N. C, for Appellants,
Messrs. Herbert & Dial, of Columbia, for Respondent,
Messrs. James P. Mozingo, III, John L. Nettles, Benny R. Greer, and Keith A. Gatlin, of ■ Darlington, and Bell, Horn, Bradley and Gebhardt, of Charlotte, for Appellants, in reply,
November 1, 1954.

Opinion:
Taylor, Justice.
Where a foreign corporation has complied with the statutory requirements as to the appointment of a process agent, the Supreme Court of the United States has clearly indicated a leaning toward the construction of such statutes where possible, that would exclude from their operation causes of action not arising in the business done by them in the state. Missouri Pac. Railroad Co. v. Clarendon Boat Oar Co., 257 U. S. 533, 42 S. Ct. 210, 66 L. Ed. 354; Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Const. Co., 257 U. S. 213, 42 S. Ct. 84, 66 L. Ed. 201; Chipman v. Thomas B. Jeffrey Co., 251 U. S. 373, 40 S. Ct. 172, 64 L. Ed. 314.
We, therefore, would affirm and report the Order appealed from. Let the Order be reported.
Legge, J., and Bruce Littlejohn, A. A. J., concur.
Oxner, J., concurs in result.
Stukes, J., dissents.