Fox v. City of Columbia

Littlejohn, Justice:

Four plaintiffs have sued the City of Columbia for injuries growing out of an automobile collision at a street intersection. The city demurred to the complaints on the grounds that they did not allege facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in that they did no.t set forth a defect in the street, or a defect or mismanagement of anything under control of the city, used in the maintenance and repair of streets for the purpose of travel within the meaning of South Carolina Code of Laws, § 47-70 (1962).

The order of the lower court disposed of the four demurrers with…