Haig v. Wateree Power Co.

(dissenting) : I cannot concur with the majority of the Court.

A short statement of the essential facts and a short consideration of the purpose of the condemnation statutes will make the matter clear:

The plaintiff owned á tract of land. That the defendant 'needed in order to carry out a quasi public use. Private property cannot be taken for a public use until compensation is first made. The condemnation statutes provide a method of determining the amount to be paid before private property can be taken for public use. It is one of the inequalities of the law (but indisputably it is the law)…