Waterford Place Homeowners Association v. Barnes

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

Waterford Place Homeowners Association of Lexington,
Inc., Respondent,

v.

Richie D.
Barnes, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

James O. Spence, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-088

Submitted February 2, 2009 – Filed
February 12, 2009   

AFFIRMED

Richie D. Barnes, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Walter B. Todd, Jr. and J. Derrick Jackson, of Columbia, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Richie D. Barnes appeals the master-in-equity's award of attorney's fees and
damages, arguing the master abused his discretion in hearing the matter and
erred in awarding attorney's fees and damages.  We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities:  Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR ("The
Court of Appeals need not address a point with is manifestly without merit."); State v. Tyndall, 336 S.C. 8, 16, 518 S.E.2d 278, 282 (Ct. App. 1999) ("Conclusory
arguments constitute an abandonment of the issue on appeal."); Solomon
v. City Realty Co., 262 S.C. 198, 201, 203 S.E.2d 435, 436 (1974) (holding
an issue is abandoned on appeal if argued in an incorrect single conclusory
statement that leaves the error assigned unargued).

AFFIRMED.[1]

SHORT, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.