Douglas v. McLeod

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of Section 22-2-180, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and we reverse the judgment of the court below upon this ground alone. Appellants seek to present other issues which, however, we find they are without standing to raise.

Appellants, as magistrates serving Lexington and Allendale Counties, brought action by petition alleging that the petitioners were entitled to salaries based upon a uniform pay scale under Article V, Section 1, South Carolina Constitution, and that the effect of Section 22-2-180, Code, in granting power to the counties of…