When a counterclaim is filed which if successful would exceed the magistrates' civil jurisdictional amount as provided in Section 22-3-10, then the initial claim and counterclaim must be transferred to the docket of the common pleas court for that judicial circuit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-30
Counterclaim, transfer to court of common pleas
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Mosseri v. Austin's at the Beach, Inc. (2007)
Most recently applied in Mosseri v. Austin's at the Beach, Inc. (March 2007)
1988 Act No. 678, Part I, SECTION 8; 1997 Act No. 48, SECTION 2.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.