Lester v. Straker

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

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Ken H. Lester, Respondent,

v.

Glen P. Straker; Carolyn Songer Austin; Carl C. Hendricks, Jr.; P.J. Tanner, Sheriff of Beaufort County, Defendants,

Of Whom Carolyn Songer Austin is Petitioner,

and Glen P. Straker is Respondent.

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ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

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Appeal from Beaufort County
Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

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Memorandum Opinion No.  2011-MO-012
Heard March 15, 2011 – Filed April 11, 2011 

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DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Carmen V. Ganjehsani, of Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Harold A. Boney, Jr., of Beaufort, for Respondent Lester.

Marquard H. Lund, III, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent Straker.

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PER CURIAM:  This Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals in Lester v. Straker, et al., Op. No. 2009-UP-385 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 8, 2009).  We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.