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RIVERS v. SMITH

Appellate Case No. 2020-000451 Opinion No. 5992.

440 S.C. 183 (2023)

889 S.E.2d 254

Rufus RIVERS and Merle Rivers, Appellants, v. James SMITH, Jr., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 21, 2023.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus Rivers, of Cordova, pro se.

Merle Rivers, of Cordova, pro se.

Kathleen McColl McDaniel and Sarah Jean Michaelis Cox , both of Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA, of Columbia, both for Respondent.

Rufus and Merle Rivers appeal a circuit court order affirming a magistrate's order of eviction. They contend the case falls within a statute prohibiting magistrates from exercising jurisdiction when title to the property is at issue. Based on that, they argue the magistrate erred in finding a landlord-tenant relationship existed between...

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