S.C. Code § 40-5-340

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 40-5-340 - Penalties for purchasing claims for suit

If any attorney, solicitor or counsellor shall enter into any speculating practices, by purchasing or procuring to be purchased any note or other demand for the purpose of putting the same in suit, when otherwise the owner or holder thereof would not sue upon it, such attorney, solicitor or counsellor shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars and shall thereafter be incapable of practicing as such in any court until restored by the Supreme Court.

S.C. Code § 40-5-340

1868 (14) 97; R. S. 2293; G. S. 2165; Civ. C. '02 Section 2817; Civ. C. '12 Section 3920; Civ. P. '22 Section 280; 1932 Code Section 324; 1942 Code Section 324; 1952 Code Section 56-144; 1962 Code Section 56-144.