Thompson v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Baker, Chief Justice.

For convenience the litigants will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, respectively.

This action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Greenwood County for damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by a defect in the highway in Greenville County.

The case was previously before this Court on appeal of the defendant from an order refusing a motion of the defendant for a change of venue to Greenville County. The order appealed from was affirmed by this Court in an opinion reported in 221 S. C. 250, 70 S. E. (2d) 241.

At a trial of the case on its merits…