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McELVEEN v. STOKES

17882

240 S.C. 1 (1962)

124 S.E.2d 592

S. E. McELVEEN, Sr., Marion E. Carter, Robert D. Pate and Julian Rembert, Appellants, v. J.C. STOKES, R.J. Makela, Claude Berry and B.B. Davis, and The State of South Carolina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 9, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Baskin & Cothran and Jennings & Jennings, of Bishopville, for Appellants.

Messrs. Wistar D. Stuckey, of Bishopville, and L. Marion Gressette, of St. Matthews, for Respondents, J.C. Stokes, R.J. Makela, Claude Berry and B.B. Davis.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and J.C. Coleman, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent, State of South Carolina.

Messrs. Baskin & Cothran and Jennings & Jennings, of Bishopville, for Appellants, in Reply.

March 9, 1962.

BUSSEY, Justice.

This is an action brought by appellants against the respondents to declare unconstitutional an Act passed by the General Assembly of South Carolina entitled "An Act to Provide for the Appointment and Terms of Office of the Members of the Lee County Forestry Board." (Act No. 601 of the Acts of 1961); to declare the appellants to be lawfully constituted members of the board; to enjoin the respondents J.C. Stokes, R.J. Makela,...

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