THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Teri N. Jacobs, Jr., Respondent, v. Jerry W. Page and James Page, individually and d/b/a James Page Farms, Defendants, Of whom Jerry W. Page is the Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001585

Appeal From Dillon County Jerry M. Angelo, Special Referee

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-405 Submitted May 1, 2015 – Filed August 12, 2015

AFFIRMED

Michael Charles Abbott, of Abbott, McKissick & Hopewell, LLC, of Florence, for Appellant.

George D. Jebaily and Suzanne Holland Jebaily, both of Jebaily Law Firm, PA, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Dep't of Transp. v. Horry Cnty., 391 S.C. 76, 82-83, 705 S.E.2d 21, 25 (2011) (holding an issue was unpreserved when the party did not raise the issue in court and the special referee did not rule on the issue); Langehans v. Smith, 347 S.C. 348, 353, 554 S.E.2d 681, 684 (Ct. App. 2001) (holding when an issue was not ruled upon in court, the party must raise the issue in a post-trial motion to preserve the issue for appeal); Horry Cnty., 391 S.C. at 82-83, 705 S.E.2d at 25 (holding an issue was unpreserved when it was neither raised in a hearing nor raised in a post-trial motion).

AFFIRMED.1 FEW, C.J., and HUFF and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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