DOBYNS v. S.C. DEPT. OF PARKS, RECREATION

No. 2292.

454 S.E.2d 347 (1995)

Frank DOBYNS, Pat Basnett, Ann K. Hubbard and Rowena Hubbard, Richard E. Rettew, G.G. Dowling, Deborah O. McCarthy, Vern E. McCarthy, John E. Ownby, Jr., Gene Deloach, Francis F. DeLoach, N. William Pettys, Jr., Sara R. Steinmeyer, Lee Reed, Marjorie Reed, H.W. Wall, J.H. Walters, Jack C. Croft, Thomas A. Campbell, Jr., Blair Walker Hollis, June Walker Korn, Ellen D. Holstein, W.N. Barnes, Craig O. Diss, Rene M. Diss, Timothy F. Long, Valerie Long, Maya Hahn, Jan Shevin, Shirley M. Johnson, Jack J. Watts, Richard D. Ellenberg, Virginia Ingram, Donald R. Faulkner, C. Vaughn Leslie, Jr., Robert N. Brown, James A. Leslie, Mary Alice O'Neal, William E. Pascoe, and Constance Curry, Plaintiffs, OF WHOM Frank Dobyns, Ann K. Hubbard and Rowena Hubbard, Richard E. Rettew, Deborah O. McCarthy, Vern E. McCarthy, John E. Ownby, Jr., Gene DeLoach, Francis F. DeLoach, N. William Pettys, Jr., Sara R. Steinmeyer, H.W. Wall, J.H. Walters, Jack C. Croft, Thomas A. Campbell, Jr., Blair Walker Hollis, June Walker Korn, Ellen D. Holstein, W.N. Barnes, Craig O. Diss, Rene M. Diss, Jan Shevin, Shirley M. Johnson, Jack J. Watts, Richard D. Ellenberg, Virginia Ingram, Donald R. Faulkner, C. Vaughn Leslie, Jr., Robert N. Brown, James A. Leslie, Mary Alice O'Neal, William E. Pascoe, and Constance Curry are Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM, Respondent. and Craig O. DISS, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell P. Patterson, of Jones, Scheider & Patterson, Hilton Head Island, for appellants.

W. Brantley Harvey, Jr., of Harvey & Battey, Beaufort, for respondent.


HOWARD, Judge:

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment action brought by Frank Dobyns and 39 other individuals (Tenants) who held 27 long-term leases on lots in Hunting Island State Park. The defendant in the action was the landlord, the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT), which owns, manages and operates the Park. The Tenants asked the court to establish the rights, duties and liabilities of the parties with regard to their right...

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