Simmons v. Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc.

ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE BEATTY:

In this property dispute concerning utility easements, we granted Roosevelt Simmons’ petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in Simmons v. Berkeley Electric Cooperative, 404 S.C. 172, 744 S.E.2d 580 (Ct. App. 2013). Simmons asserts the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the master-in-equity’s grant of summary judgment in favor of St. John’s Water Company, Inc. (“St. John’s Water”) on the basis that it had established a prescriptive easement. Simmons further asserts the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the master’s grant of…