Lewis v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Ness, Justice:

This is a condemnation case. The Board of Condemnation awarded respondent landowner $750.00 for the taking of approximately .24 acres of land by the South Carolina Highway Department. The Department appealed pursuant to § 57-5-500, Code of Laws of S. C. (1976) on the issue of the amount of the award. The jury awarded respondent $4,000 and the Department again appeals. We affirm.

First, appellant asserts it was error to allow the jury to consider damages done to two lots adjacent to the lot containing the condemned area. The trial court allowed the testimony based on respondent’s…