KEY CORPORATE v. COUNTY OF BEAUFORT

No. 3857.

360 S.C. 513 (2004)

602 S.E.2d 104

KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL, INC., National Tax Assistance Corporation, TransAm Tax Certificate Corporation d/b/a Destiny 98TD, Advantage 99TD, TA Escrow 97 and Destiny 98, Respondents, v. COUNTY OF BEAUFORT, Treasurer of Beaufort County and Tax Collector of Beaufort County, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 16, 2004.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Black and Mary Bass Lohr, both of Beaufort, for Appellants.

James Howarth Ritchie, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Respondents.


HEARN, C.J.:

This case arises from numerous voided tax sales of real property in Beaufort County. After the sales were voided, the County returned the purchase prices to the successful bidders but refused to return the interest the money had earned. The bidders sued and, under a theory of restitution, were awarded an amount equal to the interest earned by Beaufort County during the time it held the bidders' money. The County...

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