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HAWKINS v. BRUNO YACHT SALES, INC.

No. 25592.

353 S.C. 31 (2003)

577 S.E.2d 202

Allen Lee HAWKINS and Gryphon Inc., Respondents, v. BRUNO YACHT SALES, INC., Beaufort County, a Political Subdivision of the State of South Carolina, and Joy Logan in the capacity of Treasurer for Beaufort County, South Carolina, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hughes Cooper, of John Hughes Cooper, P.C., of Sullivan's Island; Stephen P. Groves, Sr. and Stephen L. Brown, of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, L.L.P., of Charleston; Stephen P. Hughes and Mary B. Lohr, of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, P.A., of Beaufort; all for Petitioners.

Julius H. Hines, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, P.A., of Charleston, for Respondents.

Chief Justice TOAL:

This is an action by Respondents, Allen Lee Hawkins ("Hawkins") and Gryphon, Inc. ("Gryphon"), to set aside the delinquent tax sale of Hawkins's sailboat, the "LadyHawk", to Petitioner, Bruno Yacht Sales ("BYS").

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In December 1986, Hawkins purchased a 52-foot sailboat made by Tayana, a Tawainese company. Hawkins named the boat the LadyHawk, and registered it as a United States vessel with the Coast...

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