When a counterclaim is filed which if successful would exceed the magistrates' civil jurisdictional amount as provided in Section 22-3-10, then the initial claim and counterclaim must be transferred to the docket of the common pleas court for that judicial circuit.
Counterclaim, transfer to court of common pleas
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-30, under Title 22, Chapter 3.
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-30