Legal Opinion
South Carolina ex rel. Maybank v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 26, 1941No. 576PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge.
The State of South Carolina, in this action, sues the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company for specific performance of a contract and the recovery of one billion dollars for the breach thereof upon three causes of action. The matter before me is the motion of the defendant to dismiss on the ground that this Court has no jurisdiction of the controversy. The defendant is a resident of South Carolina.
All the causes of action are based on the ownership of the property known as the Columbia Canal by the State of South Carolina prior to 1887, the successive conveyances…
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