STEWART v. STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION

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307 S.C. 133 (1992)

414 S.E.2d 121

Jack STEWART, Respondent v. STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION, S.C. Boll Weevil Foundation, Inc. and Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., of whom S.C. Boll Weevil Foundation, Inc., and Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., are Appellants. L.N. COOK, Jr., Respondent v. STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION, S.C. Boll Weevil Foundation, Inc. and Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., of whom S.C. Boll Weevil Foundation, Inc. and Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., are Appellants. Appeal of S.C. BOLL WEEVIL FOUNDATION, INC., and Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. McCravy, III, Greenwood, Robert White and Robert A. Tucker, Memphis, Tenn., for appellants.

J. Michael Turner, Laurens, for respondents.


Submitted Nov. 21, 1991.

Decided Jan. 27, 1992.

TOAL, Justice:

This appeal arises from the circuit court's denial of defendants' motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to join United States Department of Agriculture and The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as indispensable parties. We affirm.

FACTS

The plaintiffs are cotton farmers whose cotton crops were sprayed for boll weevil infestation...

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