Johnson v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Moss, Justice.

George Dean Johnson, the appellant herein, owns a tract of land in Spartanburg County, containing 180 acres. The South Carolina State Highway Department, the respondent herein, instituted this condemnation proceeding by the service of a notice upon the appellant that it required a right of way over the above tract of land owned by the appellant, 300 feet in width and 2,650 feet in length, for Interstate Highway No. 26. The total acreage within this right of way was 18J4 acres. This proceeding was instituted pursuant to Section 33-122, of the 1952 Code of Laws of South Carolina,…