Webb v. Greenwood County

G. Badger Baker, Acting Associate Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant is the owner of two tracts of land, bordering Saluda River in Saluda County. The two tracts are used for farming, growing timber and pasturage purposes. In 1940, the County of Greenwood constructed a hydroelectric plant, about five miles upstream, at a point commonly known as Buzzard’s Roost, and as a necessary reservoir of water supply the County created Lake Greenwood.

In May of 1952, appellant brought this action against the respondent, County of Greenwood, alleging an unlawful use of Saluda River by (1), the discharge of unusual…