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 Supreme Court

MBNA America Bank, N.A., Respondent,

v.

Mark Christianson, Appellant.

Appeal from Greenville County
�Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2010-MO-003
Heard January 5, 2010 � Filed February 1, 2010��

AFFIRMED

David Charles Alford, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Christian Stegmaier, of Collins & Lacy, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� The decision of the circuit court is affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1) of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules and the following authority: K&A Acquisition Group, L.L.C. v. Island Pointe, L.L.C., 383 S.C. 563, 682 S.E.2d 252 (2009) (issues must be ruled upon to be preserved for appellate review); Metts v. Mims, 384 S.C. 491, 682 S.E.2d 813 (2009) (subject matter jurisdiction refers to the court's "power to hear and determine cases of the general class to which the proceedings in question belong").

AFFIRMED.

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.