When a county planning commission approves a subdivision plan, S.C. Code Ann. § 6-29-1150(D) does not limit the class of permissible appellants to only property owners. We reverse the circuit court’s order dismissing appellant Citizens for Quality Rural Living, Inc.’s ...

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Although a developer in control of a homeowners’ association may owe fiduciary duties to homeowners, in this case, the developers had no fiduciary duty to convey specific amenities to the homeowners’ association. We reverse the circuit court’s (1) ruling that ...

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Even though the debtor’s promissory note was discharged in a prior bankruptcy, his mortgage remains enforceable, and the current servicer of the mortgage has standing to file a proof of claim to enforce the mortgage. Creditor Ditech Financial LLC’s secured ...

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If there was a floor to the variable interest rate on the appellant-debtors’ note and mortgage, the debtors are in default; however, if there was no floor, the debtors have overpaid. Where a rider to the debtors’ mortgage set an ...

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Even though the plaintiff-landowner’s members now say they would prefer to have the defendant-utility’s power transmission line installed along the southern boundary of their property, they equivocated in the past. In choosing the easement placement that bisects plaintiff’s land, the ...

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In a separate lawsuit (Whitt I), plaintiff alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations and various state-law claims; in this lawsuit (Whitt II), plaintiff challenges defendants’ pursuit of foreclosure while they were simultaneously offering plaintiff a loan modification. ...

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Where the 2014 amendment to S.C. Code Ann. 59-40-140(K) merely clarified an already existing law exempting public charter school properties – including leased property – from all state and local property taxes, the Administrative Law Court erred in ruling that ...

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Gecy v. South Carolina Bank & Trust (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-024-18, 12 pp.) (Stephanie McDonald, J.) Appealed from Beaufort County Circuit Court (Marvin Dukes III, J.) S.C. App. Holding: The plaintiff-contractor was a non-customer of the defendant-bank for purposes of ...

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Equivest Financial, LLC v. Ravenel (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-022-18, 8 pp.) (Aphrodite Konduros, J.) Appealed from Charleston County Circuit Court (R. Markley Dennis Jr., J.) S.C. App. Holding: Where defendant was not successful in a prior tax foreclosure action, judicial ...

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In re Simpson (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-003-18, 6 pp.) (Helen Burris, J.) 17-05232; B.S.C. Holding: Even though the mortgage on the debtor’s residence was in the name of his recently deceased mother, and even though the note secured by the ...

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