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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Betty Tripp,        Petitioner,

v.

Patricia Price, David G. Price, Jeff Harris d/b/a Harris Auto Reconditioning, Fairway Ford, Inc., and Binh Nguyen,        Defendants,

Of Whom Jeff Harris d/b/a Harris Auto Reconditioning is        Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Greenville County
John W. Kittredge, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2005-MO-005
Heard January 5, 2005 – Filed January 24, 2005

DISMISSED

Robert Daniel Dodson, of Law Offices of Robert Dodson, P.A., of Columbia, for petitioner.

Christopher M. Kelly, of Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., of Greenville, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:  We granted this petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in Tripp v. Price, Op. No. 2003-UP-336 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 15, 2003).  After careful consideration, we now dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.