Legal Opinion

Brown v. SCHOOL DIST. OF GREENVILLE CTY

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided May 28, 1968No. 18794PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Littlejohn, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Maurice Brown and Ann C. Rhyne Brown (hereinafter called the landowners) have sued both the School District of Greenville County (hereinafter called the school) and the City of Greenville (hereinafter called the city) asking actual damages for allegedly causing surface waters to be wrongfully concentrated onto their land.

The complaint alleges that the landowners built a house in 1965 on the west side of Stone Lake Drive in the City of Greenville, and that in the same year the school built a school building on the eastern side of the same drive, directly…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chick Springs Water Co. v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
  2. Lindsey v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1966

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. City of GreenvilleCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2004
  2. McGann v. MungoCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986
  3. State Ex Rel. City of Blue Springs v. NixonSupreme Court of Missouri · 2008
  4. DOCKSIDE ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Detyens, Simmons & CarlisleCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1988
  5. Ressel v. Scott CountyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996

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