S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-1180
If the judgment in the circuit court be for the plaintiff, he shall recover costs. If it be for the defendant, he shall recover costs, except that upon a verdict he shall pay costs to the plaintiff unless the judge certify that the title to real property came in question on the trial.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-158; 1952 Code SECTION 43-158; 1942 Code SECTION 271; 1932 Code SECTION 271; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 227; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 94; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 85; 1870 (14) 88.