Epps and Van Liew v. S.C. State Hwy. Dept.

August 14, 1946. These two cases arose out of the same accident, were tried together in the Circuit Court, and come to this Court on one transcript of record. We will treat them as one case here, any reference to the respondent including both plaintiffs-respondents.

The action was brought under Section 5887 of the Code of 1942, and arose out of an accident occurring at or near the intersection of State Highways Numbers 525 and 531 in that section of the County of Charleston known as North Charleston.

At the locale of the accident, these highways form a T, Highway Number 525 having a dead-end as…