Main Corp. v. Black

Justice PLEICONES:

We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Appeals properly dismissed an appeal from a binding arbitration order. We affirm as modified.

FACTS

Petitioners brought suit against respondents to determine title to a strip of land located behind petitioners’ property. The parties consented to an order issued'by the trial judge referring the case to binding arbitration. In the order, the trial judge stated, among other things, that the parties consented to “any appeal of the arbitrator’s finding to be directed to the South Carolina Court of Appeals, pursuant to the…