Town of Summerville, Appellant v. City of North Charleston, Respondent

Summary

The court affirmed partial summary judgment for North Charleston, holding that Summerville failed to provide the statutorily required thirty days' notice before enacting its annexation ordinance. Under the applicable statutory method for computing publication periods, the publication date is excluded and the action date is included, so the period from April 28 to May 27 was only twenty-nine days. The court also held that a statutory reference to a number of days means calendar days rather than twenty-four-hour periods.