Hedgepath Ex Rel. Estate of Hedgepath v. South Carolina State Highway Department

263 S.C. 98 (1974)

207 S.E.2d 820

C.H. HEDGEPATH, as Administrator of Estate of Bessie C. Hedgepath, Appellant,

v.

South Carolina STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Respondent.

19879

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 14, 1974.

Furman R. Gressette, Esq., of St. Matthews, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. and Donald V. Myers, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Respondent.

August 14, 1974.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

In this wrongful death action, the defendant, South Carolina State Highway Department, having failed to answer or otherwise respond to the summons and complaint within twenty days after…