NIX v. MERCURY MOTOR EXPRESS, INC.

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270 S.C. 477 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 683

A. J. NIX, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Winifred Hawkins, Respondent, v. MERCURY MOTOR EXPRESS, INC., and Jack Edwards, Appellants. Roy H. HAWKINS, Respondent, v. MERCURY MOTOR EXPRESS, INC. and Jack Edwards, Appellants (two cases).

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Alford of Alford & Johnson, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Henry Hammer of Hammer and Bernstein, Columbia, and J. Robert Peters, Jr., of Murdaugh, Peters and Murdaugh, Hampton, for Respondents.


March 9, 1978.

GREGORY, Justice:

This appeal is from the order of the lower court denying appellants' motions for a change of venue from Hampton County to Florence County. Appellants also contend the circuit court lacks subject matter jurisdiction as to Mercury Motor Express, Inc. We find the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction as to Mercury, and reverse the lower court's refusal to grant appellant Edwards' motion...

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