Lady's Island Builders, Inc. v. Eighth Beaufort MCAAS Quarters, Inc.

(sitting by designation).

The above case is before me upon motion of the plaintiff to remand the cause to the Court of Common Pleas for Beaufort County.

This case was removed to this court upon the petition of the defendant R. R. McLarty, a resident of Georgia, upon the ground “that the Complaint states a separate and independent claim or cause of action against Petitioner, (R. R. McLarty) which would be removable if sued upon alone”.

The petition of the plaintiff filed in the State Court seeks the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien under the South Carolina statute, Code 1952, § 45-251 et seq.,…