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C.R. CAMPBELL CONSTR. CO. v. CITY OF CHARLESTON

No. 24576.

325 S.C. 235 (1997)

481 S.E.2d 437

C.R. CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., Home Builders Association of South Carolina, Inc., and Charleston Trident Home Builders Association, Inc., Appellants, v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, a municipality and body corporate and politic, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Bender and Charles E. Baker, both of Baker, Barwick, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P., Columbia, for appellants.

Corporation Counsel William B. Regan and Assistant Corporation Counsel Frances I. Cantwell, both of Charleston, for respondent.

MOORE, Justice:

This appeal is from an order finding a municipal ordinance imposing a transfer fee on the conveyance of real property valid as a uniform service charge. We affirm.

FACTS

The facts in this case are undisputed. Respondent City of Charleston (City) passed an ordinance effective January 1, 1994, imposing a "transfer fee" equal to .25% of the purchase price on the conveyance of real property.1 All of...

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