Stow Away Storage v. Sisson ( 2016 )

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
Stow Away Storage, LLC, and MSC MTP, LLC,
Respondents,
v.
George W. Sisson, 4.0 LLC, The Sisson Foundation
Limited Partnership, Sweetgrass Hardware, Inc., and
Timarand, Inc., Defendants,
Of whom George W. Sisson, 4.0 LLC, The Sisson
Foundation Limited Partnership, and Sweetgrass
Hardware, Inc. are the Appellants.
Appellate Case No. 2014-000155
Appeal From Charleston County
J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-014
Heard October 15, 2015 – Filed January 13, 2016
AFFIRMED
George Hamlin O'Kelley, III, Buist Byars & Taylor,
LLC, of Mount Pleasant, for Appellants.
G. Dana Sinkler, Gibbs & Holmes, of Wadmalaw Island,
for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: George W. Sisson, 4.0 LLC, the Sisson Foundation Limited
Partnership, and Sweetgrass Hardware, Inc. appeal the trial court's granting of an
injunction to Stow Away Storage, LLC. We affirm the order on appeal pursuant to
Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the authorities listed below, and remand for further
proceedings. See Rhett v. Gray, 401 S.C. 478, 489, 736 S.E.2d 873, 879 (Ct. App.
2012) (stating "the determination of the scope of [an] easement is a question in
equity" and this court "may find facts in accordance with its views of the
preponderance of the evidence"); Rhett, 401 S.C. at 490, 736 S.E.2d at 879 ("A
grant of an easement is to be construed in accordance with the rules applied to
deeds and other written instruments." (quoting Binkley v. Rabon Creek Watershed
Conservation Dist. of Fountain Inn, 348 S.C. 58, 71, 558 S.E.2d 902, 909 (Ct.
App. 2001))); Binkley, 348 S.C. at 67, 558 S.E.2d at 906-07 (providing a court
must determine the extent of an easement by examining the language of the
easement); Binkley, 348 S.C. at 67, 558 S.E.2d at 907 ("Clear and unambiguous
language in grants of easement must be construed according to terms which parties
have used, taken, and understood in [the] plain, ordinary, and popular sense."
(alteration in original)); Rhett, 401 S.C. at 493, 736 S.E.2d at 881 ("[T]he owner of
the easement cannot materially increase the burden of the servient estate or impose
thereon a new and additional burden." (alteration in original)); Rhett, 401 S.C. at
494, 736 S.E.2d at 881 ("If an easement is appurtenant to a particular parcel of
land, any extension thereof to other parcels is a misuse of the easement.").
AFFIRMED.
FEW, C.J., and KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.