Townsend v. State Highway Department

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice C. T. Graydon.

This is an action for damages on the part of J. R. Townsend, plaintiff, against State Highway Department of South Carolina, defendant, for personal injuries to himself and for property damage to his automobile, alleged to have been suffered through the mismanagement and negligence of the defendant, State Elighway Department. The plaintiff, while operating his automobile along the Hodges-Cokesbury highway, a county highway of Greenwood County, at the intersection of said highway with State Highway No. 25, which…