Hightower v. Greenville County

Greenville County appeals from a judgment recovered against it by the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained when the right front wheel of the automobile in which she was a passenger struck a hole in a blacktop road maintained by the county.

This action was brought under Section 33-921 of the 1962 Code which waives the county’s immunity from suit in favor of one who has been injured “through a defect or *194the negligent repair of a highway, * * * occasioned by the neglect or mismanagement of the county, * * * provided such person has not in any way brought about such injury or damage by his…