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LOUTHIAN & MERRITT v. DAVIS

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272 S.C. 330 (1979)

251 S.E.2d 757

LOUTHIAN & MERRITT, P.A., Attorneys for Deceased Petitioner, Appellants, v. Daniel W. DAVIS, Jr., Respondent. Nancy W. DAVIS, Appellant, v. Daniel W. DAVIS, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert W. Louthian, of Louthian & Merritt, Columbia, for appellants.

Joe E. Berry, Jr., of Berry, Dunbar, Gibbes & Woods, Columbia, for respondent.

January 30, 1979.

GREGORY, Justice:

The law firm of Louthian & Merritt, P.A., appeals from the order of the lower court denying its request for attorneys' fees in connection with prosecution of Nancy W. Davis' action for divorce against respondent Daniel W. Davis, Jr. The lower court held that Mrs. Davis' death prior to the entry of a judgment in the divorce action abated the entire divorce action and deprived the court of subject matter jurisdiction to...

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