HAMM v. CROMER

23440

305 S.C. 305 (1991)

408 S.E.2d 227

J. Walter HAMM, Albert F. Busby, H.C. Martin, Jr., Sam Pat Boland, and Arthur Sparks, individually and as members of the Board of the Newberry County Water and Sewer Authority, Respondents v. Charles T. CROMER and Heber Long, individually and as representatives of the class of the new appointees, recommended by the Newberry County Council and Newberry County, Appellants, and Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., as Governor of the State of South Carolina, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Breibart and Robert E. Newton, Lexington, for appellants.

Leo W. Hill and Stephen Brown, Greenville, for respondents.

Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Treva G. Ashworth, Columbia, for defendant.


Heard Feb. 19, 1991.

Decided July 22, 1991.

HARWELL, Justice:

This case involves a declaratory judgment action in which the trial judge determined that Act No. 784, 1988 S.C. Acts 6447, an act that changed the method of appointment for the members of the governing body of the Newberry County Water and Sewer Authority, was prohibited special legislation and thus, violative of S.C. Const., art. VIII, §...

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