Lindsey v. City of Greenville

Lewis, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a verdict awarded to the plaintiff, in the amount of $3,000.00, for the destruction of plaintiff’s bean crop in June 1961, by flood waters released in the operation of defendant’s large dam and reservoir on North Saluda River in Greenville County. Recovery was based upon the alleged unlawful taking of plaintiff’s property by the defendant without just compensation in violation of Article 1, Section 17, of the South Carolina Constitution.

During the trial of the case the defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor upon the ground…