Johnson v. Service Management, Inc.

Full title: June JOHNSON and Ruthe Ann Mason d/b/a A J Nursing Service, Petitioners…

Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina

Date published: Nov 4, 1996

324 S.C. 198 (S.C. 1996)

478 S.E.2d 63

Opinion

Opinion No. 24520

Heard October 1, 1996

Decided November 4, 1996

Appeal From Spartanburg County J. Derham Cole, Judge.

Affirmed.

Judson K. Chapin, III, of Gaines, Walsh Chapin, and William S. Bean, of Bean and Bean, both of Spartanburg, for petitioners.

Henry T. Woods, of Woods Woods, of Rock Hill, for respondent.

Richard Q. Lafferty, Senior Counsel, NationsBank Corporation, of Charlotte, NC, for Amicus Curiae NationsBank, N.A. (Carolinas).

Lloyd I. Hendricks, President, South Carolina Bankers Association, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Bankers Association.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

PER CURIAM:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Johnson v. Service Management, Inc., 319 S.C. 165, 459 S.E.2d 900 (Ct.App. 1995). We affirm. In so doing, we note that the opinion only addresses involuntary transfers of property by debtors of judgment debtors. The Court of Appeals' holding that the money in this case could be reached only through supplemental proceedings should in no way be interpreted to impact on the rights given debtors of judgment debtors to voluntarily pay their debts under S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-340 (1976).