S.C. Code § 18-7-90

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.

Section 18-7-90 - Return; effect of dead, insane, or absent magistrate

If a magistrate whose judgment is appealed from shall die, become insane or remove from the State before having made a return, the appellate court may examine witnesses on oath as to the facts and circumstances of the trial or judgment and determine the appeal as if the facts had been returned by the magistrate. If he shall have removed to another county within the State the appellate court may compel him to make the return as if he were still within the county where the judgment was rendered.

S.C. Code § 18-7-90

1870 (14) 380; Civ. P. '02 Section 365; Civ. P. '12 Section 404; Civ. P. '22 Section 666; 1932 Code Section 801; 1942 Code Section 801; 1952 Code Section 7-309; 1962 Code Section 7-309.