SHIPYARD PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOC. v. MANGIARACINA

1764

307 S.C. 299 (1992)

414 S.E.2d 795

SHIPYARD PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, Appellant-Respondent v. Stephen MANGIARACINA, William F. Llewellyn, Duncan A. MacLeod, MARILYN A. MacLeod, Justus A. Emens, Lee L. Lachiver, William Ohlson, Henry H. Johnson, Ronald Seamon, Nancy Seamon, Richard C. Chase, Frank Bocuzzi, Mary Bocuzzi, David O. Hoagland, Confidential Escrow & Title, a South Carolina Corporation, Fred Dickerman, Inge Dickerman, Saunders T. Craige, Martha M. Craige, Malcolm Binks, Jillian Binks, Hermann F. Kuhlmann, Lucille Kuhlmann, Michael Milazzo, John L. Foley, Larry J. Powell, George V. Lennon, III, Donald A. Pierce, Thomas M. Krebs, Eleanor W. Krebs, Eugene J. Aleshevich, Erich Lippert, Ingrid Lippert, John D. Hurley, Alberta Hurley, Bernard A. Wood, Patricia Wood, Richard Christenson, Marsha Lyn Christenson, Thomas R. Sands, Jr., Kristin J. Sands, Jerry C. Lloyd, Carol Lloyd, William J. Donlin, Jeanette L. Pitt, Marion Corrubia, Frank Gregory, Donna Gregory, William P. Griffin, Rachael E. Ambruoso, Reiner Sahm, Volker Sahm, Rusell C. Reisdorf, Paul Anthony, Martha Anthony, Larry C. Mills, Sally P. Mills, W.M. Godfrey, Eugene Mazza, Rosemary Mazza, William Scholz, Ramola Dawn Turner, Anne Shelmerdine Wolff, William J. Bruno, Richard Roundtree, Robert I. Jonason, James K. Carlin, Glorianne F. Carlin, William Ruth, Kathleen Ruth, William Hill, Louis H. Sharpe, Diane E. Sharpe, James P. Scheider, Jr., Gary E. Reavis, William R. Golya, Eileen M. Golya, Phillip O. North, Jerry L. Cooper, Bill Tennison, Sharon Tennison, Salvatore Piazza, Thomas A. Gisonde, Donna M. Macaluso, Orville E. Enders, Joyce R. Robinson, Bennett Robinson, Suzanne Robinson, Joseph Schramm, Beck General Partnership, a Tennessee General Partnership, c/o Rufus Smith, Wilson C. Hewitt, Edward Nano, Lorraine Nano, Donald Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Charley Duggan, Samuel Nalbone, Beverly P. Gilliam, Sharon G. Meltzer, Brigitte Sahm, Angela Wyland, Paul McKenzie, Patricia McKenzie, Arthur Fisher, Frederic D. Jackson, Una Jackson, Thomas V. Fuller, August Wavpotich, Barry Honowitz, Sue E. Taylor, James D. Cornetet, Dean D. Monaco, Richard H. Lincoln, Albert C. Esposito, Albert M. Magaril, William E. Felling, Claude F. Hughes, Karla J. Collins, Jane M. Karaffa, Joan M. Gresick, George Janis, Mary Ann Janis, Ronald Marone, Charles Witte, Thomas W. Ehrmann, Leroy Saylor, Milo Britza, Bradford Tisdale, Lois B. Williamson, Robert Benson, Preston Ehmann, Alven Pelzner, Thomas D. Reilley, Selwyn Sternheim, Louise Sternheim, Guyla, Hurst, Joseph Pazdan, C. Elwood Gagg, Wilbur A. Steger, Sheila Steger, Gertrud Edgerly, Leslie Purcell, Robert G. Johnson, Lawton B. Box, V.B.M. Realty Co., an Ohio Corporation, c/o Samuel Bumgarner, William W. Woodard, Maxine Woodard, Albert Burns, Jon W. Watkins, Helen Watkins, Everett C. Call, Walter W. Shearer, Edward F. Grubic, Scott P. Hess, H.H. Humphrey, Jr., N.J. Noyes, Robert B. Ford, Gayle A. Ford, Roany B. Thomas & Associates, Inc. Money Purchase Pension Plan & Trust, a North Carolina Association, Arthur H. Johnson, Ray E. Pritchard, Carol C. O'Connor, Robert R. Simpson, Sylvester C. Shea, Marth C. Worthy, James E. O'Connell, Doris C. O'Connell, Thomas Rorer, George T. Tipton, Carolyn L. Lilligore, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Lilligore, John B. Crenshaw, Keith Knudsen, J. Michael Cahill, Richard Fisher, H. William Mullaney, John V. Egan, D. Leibold, E. Jackson, Mildred T. Clegg, Kenneth E. Darr, Joe Wheeler, Ludelle Wheeler, Robert J. Habetler, Thomas Nierman, D.H. Wallace, W.C.K. Investors, an organization existing under the Laws of the State of Ohio, c/o Nancy M. Booth, Robert W. Gerwig, J.L. Hutton, Dennis J. Holland, Jr., Eugene D. Ruegamer, Agnes C. Ruegamer, John J. Kowatch, Walter M. Greer, Margaret M. Greer, John H. Bringhurst, Jr., Charlotte R. Herlihy, John T. Herlihy, John T. Crankshaw, Carole J. Crankshaw, William H. Deck, James Eckenrode, Sr., Barbara Eckenrode, George A. Donnelly, III, Ann E. Donnelly, Joseph A. Greco, Janet R. Moline, David J. Jackson, Rachel D. Jackson, W.R. Van Dresser, O.W. Cundiff, C.N. Lester, J.A. Reynolds, Oscar H. Schmitt, Michael Z. Hughes, Chicago Neurological Surgeons, LTD, a Chicago Limited Partnership, c/o Thomas J. Stilp, Trustee, Thomas J. Stilp, Pauline E. Stilp, Elizabeth F. Junggren, James Rizzi, James P. Sheehan, Mathilde W. Connal, Carol A. Andrews, Mary Alice Vigneault, Pauline Mitchell, Palmetto Federal Savings & Loan, a Corporation organized and existing under the Laws of the United States, John A. Brockreide, Richard Groninger, Eugene Bush, Miriam R. Bush, Shirstan, a South Carolina General Partnership, c/o Rees Westmark, William P. Martini, Lawlor Quinlan, Mary Quinlan, Bianca Pearse, Arthur E. Levy, Peter H. Zachman, John Terka, William Long, Jean Long, Reinsch Maxwell, Tamara Maxwell, Robert J. Oberst, Karen Bostian, Dunbar Builders Hardware, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Hooster Travel Services, an Indiana Corporation, c/o Ken Komerten, James H. Lundquist, Preston W. Hartman, Charles C. Hartman, Ronald N. Robinson, Anthony J. Pung, Gail Quick, Lois R. Wastler, Leonard A. Wood, Billie Jean King, Richard Golobic, George L. Milne, William M. Sangster, George Hope, Anne S. Hope, Donnie B. Harris, Barbara M. Harris, Ballco, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation, Donald Fischer, Ralph Powell, Grace G. Piper, Harold Daniel, Charles A. Heck, Joe B. Holder, Robert F. Lane, Patricia A. Lane, Jerald Connor, Walter Dial, John F. McCoy, Ramona McCoy, Thomas Mullaney, Jack R. Williard, Alice L. Williard, Frank Macaluso, W. Walter LaRoche, Personal Representative of the Estate of William W. LaRoche, David F. Reilley, Judith Ann Gallagher, Lois Watkins Hayes, Martin R. Stones, James W. Sliker, Deane G. Hope, Patricia I. Hope, Susan Stahli Tomanelli, Gary L. Tauscher, Judith L. Tauscher, Ted C. Dillon, H.A. Denicola, Ronald L. Mintz, Donald Kam, Gail P. Kam, Robert P. Penny, Judith Penny, David W. Syrek, Oscar Schmitz, Marlis Schmitz, W. Budd Wentz, Tony Vaziri, Sue Vaziri, Robert A. Marsh, and "doe" Defendants which may be presently unknown to Plaintiff/Appellant, of whom William F. Llewellyn, Justus A. Emens, Lee L. Lachiver, Henry H. Johnson, David O. Hoagland, Fred Dickerman, Inge Dickerman, John L. Foley, George V. Lennon, III, Donald A. Pierce, Erich Lippert, Ingrid Lippert, Jeanette L. Pitt, Marion Corrubia, Reiner Sahm, Volker Sahm, Paul Anthony, Martha Anthony, William J. Bruno, Richard Roundtree, James K. Carlin, Glorianne F. Carlin, William Ruth, Kathleen Ruth, William Hill, Louis H. Sharpe, Gary L. Tauscher, Judith L. Tauscher, Diane E. Sharpe, Orville E. Enders, Joseph Schramm, Beck General Partnership, Wilson C. Hewitt, Brigitte Sahm, Reiner Sahm, Barry Honowitz, James D. Cornetet, Claude F. Hughes, Leroy Saylor, Bradford Tisdale, Lois B. Williamson, Robert Benson, Gertrud Edgerly, Leslie Purcell, Lawton B. Box, Robert B. Ford, Gayle A. Ford, Roany B. Thomas & Associates, Robert R. Simpson, James E. O'Connell, Doris C. O'Connell, John B. Crenshaw, Keith Knudsen, J. Michael Cahill, John V. Eagan, Loretta D. Eagan, W.C.K. Investors, J.L. Hutton, Walter M. Greer, Margaret M. Greer, John H. Bringhurst, Jr., Charlotte R. Herlihy, C.N. Lester, W.R. Van Dresser, O.W. Cundiff, J.A. Reynolds, Oscar H. Schmitt, Elizabeth F. Junggren, James P. Sheehan, Carol A. Andrews, Pauline Mitchell, Richard Groninger, Shirstan, William P. Martini, Bianca Pearse, Arthur E. Levy, Peter H. Zachman, Robert J. Oberst, Dunbar Builders, Preston W. Hartman, Charles C. Hartman, Ronald N. Robinson, Anthony J. Pung, Leonard A. Wood, George L. Milne, George Hope, Anne S. Hope, Donnie B. Harris, Barbara M. Harris, Ralph Powell, Grace G. Piper, Joe B. Holder, Jerald Connor, Jack R. Williard, Alice R. Williard, Lois Watkins Hayes, Deane G. Hope, Patricia I. Hope, David W. Syrek, are Respondents-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Bullard, Hilton Head Island, for appellant-respondent.

Frank H. Clabaugh and Stephen E. Carter, of Ruth, Clabaugh & Hack, Hilton Head Island, for respondents-appellants.

Stephen Mangiaracina, Frank Bocuzzi, Mary Bocuzzi, Herman F. Kuhlmann, Lucille Kuhlmann, Michael Milazzo, Larry J. Powell, Jerry C. Lloyd, Carol Lloyd, Rachael E. Ambruoso, William Scholz, William R. Golya, Eileen M. Golya, Salvatore Piazza, Donna M. Macaluso, Joyce R. Robinson, Bennett Robinson, Suzanne Robinson, Thomas V. Fuller, August Wavpotich, Richard H. Lincoln, Albert C. Esposito, Albert M. Magaril, George Janis, Mary Ann Janis, Milo Britza, C. Elwood Gagg, Walter W. Shearer, Edward F. Grubic, H.J. Noyes, Sylvester C. Shea, Thomas Rorer, Richard Fisher, H. William Mullaney, Robert J. Habetler, Thomas Nierman, Janet R. Moline, David J. Jackson, Rachel D. Jackson, Palmetto Federal, Eugene Bush, Miriam R. Bush, Thomas Mullaney, W. Walter LaRoche, James W. Sliker, Judith Penny, Donald Kam, Gail P. Kam, Robert A. Marsh, Duncan A. MacLeod, Marilyn A. MacLeod, W. Ron Vaughn, Jo V. Vaughn, Edward J. Fleming, Jr., Thomas M. Krebs, Eleanor W. Krebs, John D. Hurley, Alberta Hurley, Richard Christenson, Marsha Lyn Christenson, Thomas R. Sands, Jr., Kristin J. Sands, Eugene Mazza, Rosemary Mazza, James P. Scheider, Jr., Gary E. Reavis, Phillip O. North, Donald Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Charley Duggan, Samuel Nalbone, Angela Wyland, Arthur Fisher, Sue E. Taylor, Dean D. Monaco, Jane M. Karaffa, Joan M. Gresick, Preston Ehmann, Alven Pelzner, Wilbur A. Steger, Sheila Steger, V.B.M. Realty Co., William W. Woodard, Maxine Woodard, Albert Burns, Jon W. Watkins, Helen Watkins, Everett C. Call, Betty E. Call, Scott P. Hess, H.H. Humphrey, Jr., Carol C. O'Connor, Martha C. Worthy, Carolyn L. Lillagore, D.H. Wallace, Robert W. Gerwig, Eugene D. Ruegamer, Agnes C. Ruegamer, John T. Crankshaw, Carole J. Crankshaw, James Eckenrode, Sr., Barbara Eckenrode, Michael Z. Hughes, Chicago Neurological Surgeons, LTD., Thomas J. Stilp, Pauline E. Stilp, Mathilde W. Connal, Mary Alice Vigneault, John Terka, William Long, Jean Long, Karen Bostian, Gail Quick, Lois R. Wastler, Ballco, Inc., Harold Daniel, Robert F. Lane, Patricia A. Lane, John F. McCoy, Ramona McCoy, Ronald L. Mintz, William Ohlson, Ronald Seamon, Nancy Seamon, Richard C. Chase, Confidential Escrow & Title, Malcolm Binks, Jillian Binks, Eugene J., Aleshevich, Bernard A. Wood, Patricia Wood, William J. Donlin, Frank Gregory, Donna Gregory, William P. Griffin, Russell C. Reisdorf, Larry C. Mills, Sally P. Mills, W.M. Godfrey, Robert I. Jonason, Jerry L. Coper, Bill Tennison, Sharon Tennison, Edward Nano, Lorraine Nano, Beverly P. Gilliam, Paul McKenzie, Patricia McKenzie, Fredric D. Jackson, Una Jackson, William E. Felling, Karla L. Collins, Ronald Marone, Thomas W. Ehrmann, Thomas D. Reilley, Selwyn Sternheim, Louise Sternheim, Guyula Hurst, Joseph Pazdan, Robert G. Johnson, Arthur G. Johnson, Ray E. Pritchard, George T. Tipton, D. Liebold, E. Jackson, Mildred T. Clegg, Kenneth E. Darr, Joe Wheller, Ludelle Wheeler, Dennis J. Holland, Jr., John J. Kowatch, William H. Deck, George A. Donnelly, III, Ann E. Donnelly, Joseph A. Greco, James Rizzi, John A. Brockreide, Lawlor Quinlan, Mary Quinlan, Reinsch Maxwell, Tamara Maxwell, Edward S. Nano, Hooster Travel Services, James H. Lundquist, Billie Jean King, Richard Golobic, William M. Sangster, Donald Fischer, Charles A. Heck, Walter Dial, Frank Macaluso, David F. Reilley, Judith Ann Gallagher, Martin R. Stones, Susan Stahli Tomanelli, Ted C. Dillon, H.A. Denicola, Oscar Schmitz, Marlis Schmitz, Ronald Seamon, Nancy Seamon, W. Budd Wentz, Tony Vaziri, Sue Vaziri, Sharon G. Meltzer, Charles Witte, defendants-respondents, pro se.


Heard Dec. 11, 1991.

Decided Feb. 10, 1992.

CURETON, Judge:

In this declaratory judgment action, Shipyard Property Owners' Association (Shipyard) seeks a judicial declaration granting it authority to alter the assessment provisions in the covenants and restrictions for certain property owners in Shipyard Plantation, a planned unit development (PUD). The master concluded Shipyard could not alter the assessment provisions and Shipyard appeals. We affirm...

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