Landlord/Tenant – Ejectment – Appeals – Moot – Vacated Property

By: Teresa Bruno//July 12, 2018

Where the appellant-tenant vacated the leased property nearly three years ago, this appeal of the magistrate’s ejectment order is moot.

Appeal dismissed.

Skydive Myrtle Beach, Inc. v. Horry County (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-064-18, 5 pp.) (James Lockemy, C.J.) Appealed from the Circuit Court in Horry County (Larry Hyman Jr., J.) Robert Bratton Varnado and Alexis Mills Wimberly for Appellant; Michael Warner Battle and Arrigo Paul Carotti for Respondent. S.C. App.

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