Ravenel v. Equivest Financial, LLC

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

Lashanda Ravenel and Henry Lee Ravenel, II,
Appellants,

v.

Equivest Financial, LLC, Respondent,

v.

Mary M. Scarborough, Delinquent Tax Collector for
Charleston County; AAA Plumbing, LLC; Pep Boys,
Manny, Moe and Jack; Monogram Credit Card Bank of
Georgia; Discover Bank; SC Federal Credit Union;
Alabama Credit Corp. d/b/a Preferred Teachers
Association, Cross-Defendants.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212772

Appeal From Charleston County
The Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-495
Heard November 12, 2013 – Filed December 23, 2013

AFFIRMED
Barry I. Baker and Benjamin Goldberg, both of
Charleston, for Appellants.

Steven R. Anderson, of Law Office of Steven R.
Anderson, and James B. Richardson, Jr., both of
Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: In this action to void a tax sale, Lashanda Ravenel and Henry
Lee Ravenel, II, (Appellants) appeal from the Master-in-Equity's order quieting
title in favor of Equivest Financial, LLC, a subsequent purchaser. Appellants
argue the Master erred in the following: (1) failing to find the delinquent tax
collector for Charleston County did not exercise due diligence when certified
mailings were returned unsigned; (2) interjecting issues that were neither pled nor
raised by the parties; (3) finding Appellants' predecessor-in-interest committed
fraud upon her creditors, had unclean hands, and was judicially estopped from her
assertions based on a bankruptcy proceeding; and (4) imputing the predecessor-in-
interest's purported fraud to Appellants. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b),
SCACR, and the following authorities:

1. As to the Master's finding the predecessor-in-interest failed to deliver the
deeds to Appellants: Rule 220(c), SCACR (providing this court may affirm on any
ground appearing in the record); Atl. Coast Builders & Contractors, LLC v. Lewis,
398 S.C. 323, 329, 730 S.E.2d 282, 285 (2012) ("[A]n unappealed ruling, right or
wrong, is the law of the case."); Sloan v. Friends of the Hunley, Inc., 369 S.C. 20,
28, 630 S.E.2d 474, 479 (2006) ("Generally, a party must be a real party in interest
to the litigation to have standing."); Donnan v. Mariner, 339 S.C. 621, 626, 529
S.E.2d 754, 757 (Ct. App. 2000) ("A deed is not legally effective until it has been
delivered.").

2. As to the remaining issues: Futch v. McAllister Towing of Georgetown, Inc.,
335 S.C. 598, 613, 518 S.E.2d 591, 598 (1999) (providing an appellate court need
not address remaining issues when resolution of a prior issue is dispositive).

AFFIRMED.

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.