Maner v. Maner

These cases are before us on motions for speedy remedy. The issues we shall address are whether the movants are entitled to a speedy appeal and, if so, whether they have been denied this right, and what relief, if any, this Court can grant to satisfy this right.

Article I, Section 9 of the South Carolina Constitution provides: “All courts shall be public, and every person shall have speedy remedy therein for wrongs sustained.”

In Rylee v. Marett, 121 S. C. 366, 378, 113 S. E. 483, 487 (1922), this Court recognized the right to a speedy remedy could be infringed by the denial of a speedy appeal:

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