Legal Opinion
Riley v. South Carolina State Highway Department
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 14, 1961No. 17754PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ofl~R Justice.
The v question, for determination is, whether the Highway department may condemn for highway, purposes a strip .of land, through-certaip. property in the City of.'Sumter which is used .as an- orphanage for white children. ■■ -, -v
■.'.-fj:nder-,aswill--dated October. 15,;-1915, the’late John K. Crossw’ell left, a--portion of his. estate to’ certain named- trustees'.for the establishment of an institution'in Sumter County, to,\bC known a-s the-John K. Crosswell Home, for the care of White orphan children, preference being given > to > those frota ’ Sümter County.'”; Some years…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smith v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
- State Highway Com. v. ElizabethNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1928
- Elberton Southern Railway Co. v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Paris Mountain Water Co. v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
- Southern Railway Co. v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1960
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3Cited by16 opinions
- South Carolina State Ports Authority v. Jasper CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- State Highway Commission v. Greensboro City Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. HoesterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- Hiland v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Brashier v. South Carolina Department of TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
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