South Carolina State Highway Department v. Wilson

Bussey, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State Highway Department from a jury verdict in the amount if $30,200.00 in a highway condemnation case. The land involved belonged to the widow and children of one Aubrey Wilson. Raymond Drayton, a son-in-law of Wilson, is an interested party by virtue of having been a tenant of the property for many years and having constructed thereon a number of buildings. The interests of Standard Oil Company and Shell Oil and Gas Company, if any, do not appear in the portion of the transcript included in the appeal record.

Prior to the condemnation, the Wilson…