Legal Opinion

Clarke v. CITY OF GREER

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided June 11, 1957No. 17307PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Oxner, Justice.

This action was brought against the City of Greer and Reed & Abee, Inc., a general contractor, to recover damages for unlawfully entering upon plaintiff’s fifty-acre tract of land near the City of Greer and laying sewer lines through said property. The complaint contains two causes of action separately stated. The first charges an unlawful entry upon and taking of plaintiff’s property by the City of Greer and the second alleges a trespass by the contractor. Actual damages are sought against the city and both actual and punitive damages against the contractor. The defendants…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Piper v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
  2. Smith v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
  3. Benn v. Camel City Coach Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
  4. Little v. Robt. G. Lassiter & Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
  5. Rhame v. City of SumterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1920

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. McCall v. BatsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
  2. Chappell v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  3. Hinson v. A. T. Sistare Construction Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1960
  4. McKenzie v. CITY OF FLORENCESupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
  5. McCall ex rel. Andrews v. BatsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985

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