Nationstar Mortgage v. Lowery

Opinion

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Respondent,

v.

Norman D. Lowery, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2015-002253

Appeal From York County S. Jackson Kimball, III, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-227 Submitted April 1, 2018 – Filed June 6, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Norman D. Lowery, of Clover, pro se.

Robert A. Muckenfuss and Trent M. Grissom, both of McGuireWoods LLP, of Charlotte, North Carolina; and Andrew William Montgomery, of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, of Columbia, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Dismissed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Winesett v. Winesett, 287 S.C. 332, 334, 338 S.E.2d 340, 341 (1985) ("[A] default judgment may not be appealed to this [c]ourt."); id. ("The proper procedure for challenging a default judgment is to move the [Master-in-Equity] to set aside the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b), SCRCP. An appeal may then be taken from the denial of this motion.").

APPEAL DISMISSED.1

SHORT, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.