2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
CHAPTER 63 - QUO WARRANTO AND SCIRE FACIAS
SECTION 15-63-160. Judgment of exclusion from office or franchise; penalty for usurpation.
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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2266; 1952 Code Section 10-2266; 1942 Code Section 840; 1932 Code Section 840; Civ. P. '22 Section 788; Civ. P. '12 Section 475; Civ. P. '02 Section 437; 1870 (14) 526 Section 456.
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