COM'RS OF PUBLIC WORKS v. FOUNTAIN INN

Opinion No. 27917.

428 S.C. 209 (2019)

833 S.E.2d 834

COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF LAURENS, South Carolina, also known as the Laurens Commission of Public Works, Respondent, v. CITY OF FOUNTAIN INN, South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed September 18, 2019.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah P. Spruill and Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. , both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, and David W. Holmes , of Holmes Law Firm, all of Greenville, for Petitioner.

Robert L. Widener , of Burr & Forman, LLP, of Columbia, and Bernie W. Ellis , of Burr & Forman, LLP, of Greenville, for Respondent.


This case concerns a municipality's statutory ability to provide utility services beyond its corporate limits. Section 5-7-60 of the South Carolina Code (2004) authorizes a municipality to provide specified services, such as utilities, outside of its corporate limits "by contract" except within a so-called "designated service...

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