St. Andrews Public Service District v. City of Charleston

Harwell, Justice:

Appellants contest the City of Charleston’s annexation of 52 acres in the St. Andrews Parish of Charleston County. The trial court declared the annexation valid in all respects and dismissed the action. We affirm.

Appellants first contend that the St. Andrews Public Service District (PSD) has standing to contest the annexation based on its ownership of underground sewer lines running to homes within the annexed area. We disagree.

The annexation here was accomplished pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. § 5-3-150 (1976), which grants protest standing to “[a]ny municipality or any person…