Thompson v. Hammond

Bell, Judge:

This is a petition to close a public road pursuant to Section 57-9-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. The petitioner, Sidney Thompson, owns land abutting the road. F. C. Hammond is the opposite abutting landowner. The matter was uncontested at trial and the circuit court entered judgment granting the petition. Thereafter, Horry County, which had appeared and consented to the petition, and W. C. Harmond, who had not previously answered or otherwise appeared in the action, moved for relief from the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1), S.C.R. Civ. P. The circuit court denied…