Toomer v. Toomer

Moss, Justice.

The South Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, through the Division of Commercial Fisheries, did on September 28, 1960, lease to S. V. Toomer, Jr., W. S. Toojmer and Annie L. Toomer, the appellants herein, for a term of four years and one hundred and seventeen days an area of oyster bottoms in Beaufort County, containing 25.9 acres, suitable for oyster culture. This lease, No. 32, was made pursuant to the authority contained in Section 28-811 of the Code. Under this lease the appellants gathered oysters from the area and replanted shell thereon as required by law.

Frank G.…