FOLK v. THOMAS

No. 25256.

344 S.C. 77 (2001)

543 S.E.2d 556

H. Daniel FOLK, Jr., Respondent, v. W.O. THOMAS, Jr., as Treasurer of Charleston County, W.T. Martin, as Delinquent Tax Collector of Charleston County, Daniel M. Rundell and Rose M. Rundell, of whom W.O. Thomas, Jr., as Treasurer of Charleston County and W.T. Martin, as Delinquent Tax Collector of Charleston County, are Respondents and Daniel M. Rundell and Rose M. Rundell are the Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 12, 2001.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Branham Davis and Brian N. Davis, both of Davis & Davis, of Charleston, for petitioners.

Joseph S. Mendelson, and LeRoy P. Hutchinson, both of Charleston, for respondent H. Daniel Folk, Jr.

Samuel W. Howell, IV, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, Pollard & Robinson, LLP, of Charleston, and Joseph Dawson, III and Bernard E. Ferrara, Jr., also of Charleston, all for respondents W.O. Thomas, Jr. and W.T. Martin.

Kelly J. Golden and Robert E. Lyon, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Association of Counties.

Ronald L. Richter, Jr., of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae Ava B. Hawkins and Ava B. Hawkins Family Trust.


TOAL, Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari upon petition of Daniel M. Rundell and Rose M. Rundell ("Petitioner") to review the Court of Appeals' decision to set aside certain tax deeds. We reverse and reinstate the Master's Order upholding tax deeds.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

H. Daniel Folk ("Folk") failed to pay taxes on two parcels of land, valued between $140,000 and $150,000 collectively, in 1992...

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