If an action shall be commenced within the time prescribed therefor and a judgment therein be reversed on appeal the plaintiff or, if he die and the cause of action survive, his heirs or representative may commence a new action within one year after the reversal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-90
Effect of reversal of judgment
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Condon v. City of Columbia (2000)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. Condon v. City of Columbia (February 2000)
1962 Code SECTION 10-109; 1952 Code SECTION 10-109; 1942 Code SECTION 362; 1932 Code SECTION 362; Civ
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