GODFREY v. WEBB

21621

277 S.C. 246 (1982)

285 S.E.2d 883

James Frank GODFREY, Thelma T. Kleckley, Curtis E. Braswell, Ernest B. Carnes, Bob L. Garrick, Marian W. McLean, William F. Pierce, Maxine Scarborough, Ann G. Stanley, William R. Thomas, Cecil L. Tucker, Sabrina T. Walker, Aubrey W. Watson and David J. Weeks, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George L. WEBB and Roscoe H. Still, as County Treasurer and Tax Collector of Barnwell County, Defendants-Respondents; and George L. WEBB, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James Frank GODFREY, Thelma T. Kleckley, Curtis E. Braswell, Ernest B. Carnes, Bob L. Garrick, Marian W. McLean, William F. Pierce, Maxine Scarborough, Ann G. Stanley, William R. Thomas, Cecil I. Tucker, Sabrina T. Walker, Aubrey W. Watson, David J. Weeks; and any other persons whomsoever who may be successors or assigns of a limited partnership formerly known as Heritage Associates; Roscoe H. Still, as County Treasurer and Tax Collector of Barnwell County; and any other person or legal entity who has or claims any right, title, interest or lien in or to the real estate described in the Complaint herein, any unknown adults being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under other legal disability being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants, of whom Roscoe H. Still is, Respondent, and all other Defendants are, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas McKay, Jr., of McKay, Sherrill, Walker & Townsend, Columbia, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas M. Boulware, of Brown, Jefferies & Boulware, Barnwell, for defendant-respondent Still.

Terry E. Richardson, Jr., and Thomas W. Weeks, Jr., both of Blatt & Fales, Barnwell, for plaintiff-respondent Webb.


January 6, 1982.

HARWELL, Justice:

Two lawsuits in equity are involved in this appeal. The first is a suit to set aside a tax deed, and the other is a suit to confirm the same tax sale and validate the tax deed. At trial of the consolidated cases, the judge confirmed the tax sale and confirmed the title to the property in respondent Webb. Appellant alleges the trial judge erred because the tax levy was excessive. We agree and reverse.

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