Bowie v. Woodbine Estates ( 2014 )

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
Patrick Bowie, Respondent,
v.
Woodbine Estates, LLC, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2013-001064
Appeal From Abbeville County
Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-393
Submitted September 1, 2014 – Filed November 12, 2014
AFFIRMED
Fletcher N. Smith, Jr., of Law Firm of Fletcher N. Smith,
Jr., LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Robert Jamison Tinsley, Jr., of Greenwood, for
Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: S.C. Dep't of Transp. v. M & T Enters. of Mt. Pleasant, 379 S.C. 645,
658, 667 S.E.2d 7, 14 (Ct. App. 2008) ("It is well settled that an issue must have
been raised to and ruled upon by the trial court to be preserved for appellate
review."); I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant, 338 S.C. 406, 422, 526 S.E.2d
716, 724 (2000) ("The losing party must first try to convince the [trial] court it . . .
has ruled wrongly and then, if that effort fails, convince the appellate court that the
[trial] court erred. This principle underlies the long-established preservation
requirement that the losing party generally must both present his issues and
arguments to the [trial] court and obtain a ruling before an appellate court will
review those issues and arguments.").
AFFIRMED.1
FEW, C.J., and THOMAS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.