THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE 

CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING 

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. 

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 

In The Supreme Court 

1634 Main, LP, Appellant, 

v. 

Shirley Hammer, Respondent,
 

v. 

Howard Hammer, Appellant, 

and 

Howard Hammer, Appellant, 

v. 

Shirley Hammer, Respondent.
 

Appellate Case No. 2014-000965 

Appeal from Richland County 

The Honorable Joseph M. Strickland, Master-in-Equity, 

Memorandum Opinion No. 2014-MO-045 

Heard October 22, 2014 – Filed November 6, 2014 

AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART 
 

 

Thomas W. Bunch, II, of Robinson McFadden & Moore, 

PC, of Columbia, and Arthur K. Aiken, of Aiken & 

Hightower, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellants. 

Desa A. Ballard, of Ballard & Watson, Attorneys at Law, 

of West Columbia, for Respondent. 

 PER CURIAM: Howard Hammer and 1634 Main, LP (collectively, 

Appellants) appeal the order of the master-in-equity transferring various properties 

to Shirley Hammer in satisfaction of the judgments she has against Appellants. 

Specifically, Appellants argue the master lacked personal jurisdiction due to 

improper service and lacked the authority to require the transfer title to real 

property to Shirley and Howard also contends the imposition of sanctions against 

him was improper because the master failed to comply with the provisions of the 

South Carolina Frivolous Civil Proceedings Sanctions Act (FCPSA). We affirm in 

part pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: 

1. Personal Jurisdiction: Rule 5, SCRCP (providing that service of "all 

(1) written orders; (2) pleadings subsequent to the original summons 

and complaint . . . ; and (11) other similar papers" shall be served 

"upon the attorney or upon a party shall be made by delivering a copy 

to him or by mailing it to him at his last known address . . . ."). 

2. Authority to Transfer Title to Real Property: S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-

10 (2005) ("There shall be three kinds of executions, (a) against the 

property of the judgment debtor, (b) against his person and (c) for the 

delivery of the possession of real or personal property or such delivery 

with damages for withholding the property. They shall be deemed the 

process of the court."); Lynn v. Int'l Bhd. of Firemen & Oilers, 228 

S.C. 357, 362, 90 S.E.2d 204, 206 (1955) ("Proceedings 

supplementary to execution, in addition to providing for examination 

of the judgment debtor for the purpose of discovering property out of 

which the judgment against him may be satisfied, furnish a means of 

reaching, in aid of the judgment, property beyond the reach of an 

ordinary execution . . . ."); see also 30 Am. Jur. 2d Executions, Etc. § 
12 ("A court of equity will always find the means of enforcing its 

decree against a delinquent defendant and its power in this respect is 

as extensive as the exigencies of the case."). 

Additionally, we reverse the award of sanctions pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), 

SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 15-36-10(D) (Supp. 

2013) ("A person is entitled to notice and an opportunity to respond before the 

imposition of sanctions pursuant to the provisions of [the FCPSA]."; Burns v. 

Universal Health Servs. Inc., 340 S.C. 509, 514, 532 S.E.2d 6, 9 (Ct. App. 2000) 

("We hold that a signing party or attorney is entitled to notice and an opportunity to 

respond prior to imposition of sanctions under Rule 11, SCRCP."). However, we 

note our reversal is without prejudice as to allow Shirley to raise this issue before 

the master in the subsequent accounting proceeding. Furthermore, we order 

Howard to file a financial disclosure of all his assets and income with the master 

within fifteen days of the filing of this opinion. 

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., 

concur.