S.C. Code Ann. § 18-7-70
When a magistrate by whom a judgment appealed from was rendered shall have gone out of office before a return is ordered, he shall, nevertheless, make a return in the same manner and with the like effect as if he were still in office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 7-307; 1952 Code SECTION 7-307; 1942 Code SECTION 799; 1932 Code SECTION 799; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 664; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 402; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 363; 1870 (14) 378.