Chapman v. Clark

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

Clyde Hayward
Chapman, Respondent,

v.

Reliford Clark,
Jr., a/k/a Reliford Clark a/k/a Buster J. Clark a/k/a Buster Clark, Jr. and
Joyce Clark, f/k/a Joyce Clark d/b/a Cooter's Cuts and Supplies, Defendants,

Of whom
Reliford Clark, Jr., a/k/a Reliford Clark a/k/a Buster J. Clark a/k/a Buster
Clark, Jr. is the Appellant.

Appeal From Oconee County

Ellis B. Drew, Jr., Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-208

Heard March 1, 2012 – Filed March 28, 2012

AFFIRMED

Bradley A. Norton and Keith G Denny, both
of Walhalla, for Appellant.

Corinne B. Cannon, of Clemson, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Reliford Clark appeals the determination
that he was not entitled to an equitable partnership accounting prior to the
enforcement of a foreign order by a former partner who has the rights of a
judgment creditor.  We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the
following authorities:  U.S. Const. art. IV, § 1 ("Full faith and credit
shall be given in each state to the . . . judicial proceedings of every other
state."); Colonial Pac. Leasing
Corp. v. Taylor,  326 S.C. 529, 532,
484 S.E.2d 595, 597 (Ct. App. 1997) ("In essence, the thrust of the clause
is that courts of one state must give such force and effect to a foreign
judgment as the judgment would receive in its own state."); Abba Equip.,
Inc. v. Thomason,  335 S.C. 477, 483, 517 S.E.2d 235, 238 (Ct. App. 1999)
("The purpose of the [Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act] is to
provide a simpler, more expedient procedure to enforce foreign judgments. . .").

AFFIRMED.

Pieper, Konduros, and Geathers, JJ., concur.