S.C. Code Ann. § 15-17-50
The order may be made when it shall appear to the proper officer by the affidavit of the plaintiff or of any other person that a sufficient cause of action exists and that the case, from the facts stated, is one of those mentioned in SECTION 15-17-20.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-805; 1952 Code SECTION 10-805; 1942 Code SECTION 502; 1932 Code SECTION 502; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 444; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 232; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 202; 1870 (14) 467 SECTION 204.