Locke v. Dill

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The plaintiff brought his action in the county court to restrain the defendant, as supervisor of Greenville County, from condemning a certain strip of land for highway purposes. From an order of the County Judge, granting the injunction sought upon the ground that the county supervisor was without power to condemn, the defendant brings this appeal.

On November 25, 1924, the date of the commencement of the condemnation proceedings, the defendant, as county supervisor, was engaged in the construction of a highway from Greenville to…