Caughman, Adm'r v. State Highway Dept.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This is an action for damages for pain and suffering of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have resulted from defendant's negligence in the construction and maintenance of a certain State highway at a point near the'town of Bishop-ville.

The complaint alleges that “highway No. 30” extends across the State of South Carolina by way of Bishopville, Sumter, and other towns, and is under the control and supervision of the defendant, the State Highway Department; that this highway, about one mile south of Bishopville, crosses a stream upon…