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· 8/24/2009

Richardson v. P v. Inc.

Citations

  • 682 S.E.2d 263
  • 383 S.C. 610
  • 2009 S.C. LEXIS 374

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that “actual authority is expressly conferred upon the agent by the principal”
  • defining actual authority as authority that is “expressly conferred upon the agent by the principal”
  • \The decision whether to set aside an entry of default or a default judgment lies solely within the sound discretion of the [circuit] court.\
  • \The [circuit] court's decision will not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear showing of an abuse of that discretion.\
  • \Not every employee of a corporation is an agent of the corporation for the purposes of service of process.\
  • \Whether an employee may accept service on behalf of a corporation depends on the authority the corporation conferred upon the employee.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Beatty, Kittredge, Pleicones, Toal, Waller

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