Jeff Hunt Machinery Co. v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Stukes, Justice.

There was a former appeal in this action against the State Highway Department for damages under section 5887 of the Code of 1942, to the report of which reference may be had. 217 S. C. 423, 60 S. E. (2d) 859. The specifications of alleged negligence were contained in paragraph eight of the complaint, as follows: “The damage to the said Diesel Generator Set was due to- and caused by one or more defects in said ferry, which defects were the weakness of the chain *342securing the flat to the bank, the lack of any other suitable means of properly securing the flat to the bank, and the…