POWER v. McNAIR

19123

255 S.C. 150 (1970)

177 S.E.2d 551

J.W. POWER and Cecil J. McCaulley, Appellants, v. Robert E. McNAIR, Governor of the State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W. Paul Culbertson and Robert W. Whitesides, of Laurens, for Appellants.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and C. Pinckney Roberts, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.


November 6, 1970.

LEWIS, Justice.

This action for declaratory judgment was brought for the purpose of determining whether the simultaneous holding of the office of a city policeman and a commission as a State constable without compensation would constitute dual office holding within the meaning of Article 2, Section 2, of the South Carolina Constitution. We find no justiciable controversy and therefore dismiss the...

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