Harbor Island Owners' Ass'n v. Preferred Island Properties, Inc.

Justice PLEICONES:

This is a default-judgment case. Appellant appeals from an order of the master-in-equity that Appellant was in default, and from an order of default judgment. We certified the case from the Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR, and we now affirm the entry-of-default order, and affirm in part and reverse in part the default-judgment order.

FACTS

Appellant is a North Carolina corporation that owned two parcels of property in the Harbor Island subdivision in Beaufort County, South Carolina. On February 6, 2004, Respon dent filed a notice and certificate of lien on the…