Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

S.C. Code Ann. § 15-63-160

Judgment of exclusion from office or franchise; penalty for usurpation

1962 Code SECTION 10-2266; 1952 Code SECTION 10-2266; 1942 Code SECTION 840; 1932 Code SECTION 840; Civ

When a defendant, whether a natural person or corporation, against whom such action shall have been brought shall be adjudged guilty of usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding or exercising any office, franchise or privilege, judgment shall be rendered that such defendant be excluded from such office, franchise or privilege and also that the plaintiff recover costs against such defendant. The court may also, in its discretion, fine such defendant a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. The fine, when collected, shall be paid into the State Treasury.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.